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A hole in the hull for mooring lines, cable, or chain to run through.

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A pole used to assist in raising a tower.

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A type of water heater that circulates water through a heat exchanger in a boiler. The heated water then flows into an insulated storage tank.

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Ribbon, yarn, or other lightweight material attached to rigging or sails to indicate wind action or direction. Proper use of the telltales can help sailors improve their sail trim.

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A market in which sellers outnumber buyers and where the trend of share prices is consequently a.

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ISM

ISM International Safety Management Code (ISM Code)

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(1) A term signifying an inclination of an object from a perpendicular; to turn anything so that it does not stand perpendicularly or square to an object. (2) Those timbers in a ship near the bow or stern which are sharply angled from the keel. (3) The op ...

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The thermodynamic cycle that is an ideal standard for comparing performance of heat-engines, steam power plants, steam turbines, and heat pump systems that use a condensable vapor as the working fluid; efficiency is measured as work done divided by sensib ...

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A compressor belonging to the group of dynamic compressors.

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Stock in companies whose profits move in a cyclical manner, normally in phase with the economy. .

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An agreement in which one person is answerable for compensating the losses of another..

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The measuring, transmitting, receiving, and indicating apparatus for obtaining the value of a quantity at a distance.

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Offshore Petroleum Discharge System.

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Sailing vessel with three or more masts. Square rigged on foremast, fore and aft rigged on all others.

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(GAYE)The description used for schemes where a donation to your chosen charities is automatically deducted.

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CTS

Coastal Trade limit service in Sarawak.

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Small boat carried on the vessel and used in case of emergency.

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The amount of heat introduced to a space from all heat producing sources, such as building occupants, lights, appliances, and from the environment, mainly solar energy.

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Atmospheric pressure as measured by a barometer.

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An income tax allowance which can be claimed if certain payments are being made to friendly.

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