The maximum instantaneous wind speed (or velocity) that occurs within a specific period of time or interval.

One of the large square openings in the deck of a ship through which freight is hoisted in or out, and access is had to the hold.

Term applied to the direction of the wind when it is favorable to the course being steered.

The date by which a shareholder must own shares in order to qualify for a.

An order placed with a broker to purchase or sell stock, a commodity or financial instrument at.

Also saloon; the main social cabin of a boat

Despatch. Time saved, reward for quick turnaround- in dry cargo only

The depth below which the ground is saturated with water. No water table exists if the ground water is confined by an overlying impermeable stratum, as in the case of artesian ground water.

A large foresail which extends aft behind the mast.

A recording weight barometer.

Passenger User Fee

When the wind shifts toward the bow. Opposite of lifted.

Front of a container or trailer - opposite the tail.

See salt fog test.

Any of several processes in which both nitrogen and carbon are absorbed into the surface layers of a ferrous material at temperatures below the lower critical temperature and, by diffusion, create a concenteration gradient. Nitrocarburizing is performed p ...

The alignment of a building along a given axis to face a specific geographical direction. The alignment of a solar collector, in number of degrees east or west of true south.

A self-recording thermometer.

The wheeling of electric power in amounts and at prices that generally have been negotiated in longterm contracts between the generator and a distributor or very large consumer of power.

A company's expenditure to acquire capital.

A type of clutch which has a spring loaded jaw or detented rolling element to control torque in an assembly tool.