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(FIA)The futures industry's national trade association in the US. They lobbied in favour of establishing.

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Any meteorological instrument, such as a radiosonde, in which the recording apparatus is located at some distance from the measuring apparatus.

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Packages loaded on a pallet, in a crate or any other way that enables them to be handled at one time as a unit.

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To store a yacht away on land for the winter

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After or trailing edge of a sail; the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail and the outer edges of a square sail.

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Hoisting the ensign at 8 a.m. and down at sunset.

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Valve of a pump box; to prime a pump.

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Alternating current in which three separate pulses are present, identical in frequency and voltage, but separated 120 degrees in phase.

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The Inland Revenue limit on how much money can be paid into a free-standing additional voluntary.

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The length of the boat at the waterline.

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Also saloon; the main social cabin of a boat

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A power supply which achieves its output regulation by means of one or more active power handling devices which are alternately placed in the "off" or "on" states. It is more efficient than linear supplies which vary the conduction of power devices to ach ...

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A device that captures the heat from the exhaust air from a building and transfers it to the supply/fresh fresh air entering the building to preheat the air and increase overall heating efficiency.

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To exceed the design capacity of a device.

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See Heave To

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Same as dropsonde.

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FSA

1.Formal Safety AssessmentStudy of risks which should improve the design of ships, and also their actual maintenance.2.Fixed Securing Arrangements

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Loading Manual

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The attenuation of light.

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Any bank, stockyard, warehouse, depository or other facility that is authorised by an exchange for.

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