A piece of trim, usually wood, used to cover and often decorate a portion of the boat, i.e., caprail.

A small free-moving submersible designed for exploring the ocean depths.

The water volume within a specified portion of a stream channel.

A container fitted with a means of forced air ventilation.

A wind coming from the east.

A gas or liquid used to move heat energy from one place to another; a refrigerant.

Broadly, insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea. Marine insurance typically compensates the owner of merchandise for losses sustained from fire, shipwreck, etc., but excludes losses that can be recovered from the carrier.

Liberian Shipping Council

A line used to tighten the leech of a sail, helping to create proper sail shape.

Is a gas that follows the perfect gas laws without deviation. There is no such thing, however it is the basis from which calculations are made and corrections applied.

Failure to make payment on a loan obligation on the due.

A type of heating system where heat, resulting when electric current flows through an "element" or conductor, such as Nichrome, which has a high resistance, is radiated to a room.

A unit of rate of operation. Electrical Hp: a measure of time rate of mechanical energy output; usually applied to electric motors as the maximum output; 1 electrical Hp is equal to 0.746 kilowatts or 2,545 Btu per hour. Shaft Hp: a measure of the actual ...

An order to cease (stop).

See principal stress (normal).

Emission or transfer of energy in the form of electromagnetic waves or particles.

A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution; The negative logarithm of the hydrogen-ion activity; it denotes the degree of acidity or basicity of a solution. At 25

The standard method for calculating residential cooling loads developed by the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) and the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) based largely on the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and A ...

A depth measuring device.

A party named in an instrument as the beneficiary of the funds. Under letters of credit, the payee is either the drawer of the draft or a bank.