The amount of heat that a material can absorb and store.

A charted feature or chosen position on a chart

A thermometer used in aircraft which automatically corrects for adiabatic and frictional temperature rises by imparting a rotary motion to the air passing the thermal sensing element.

Indian Ocean Region (INMARSAT)

A general handyman in the engine room.

A heating system that uses only outside air for combustion and vents combustion gases directly to the outdoors. These systems are less likely to backdraft and to negatively affect indoor air quality.

The energy in foot pounds required to compress polytropically and to transfer one pound of a given gas from one pressure level to another.

IMO performance standard for ECDIS

The sudden heave of the ship.

The maximum rope tension (in kilonewtons), measured at the drum exit when the winch is hoisting or hauling in at the nominal speed with the rope wound on the drum in a single layer.

The process of cooling by which a heat absorbing media absorbs heat from one source and radiates the heat away.

International School for Inspectors of Petroleum

The drying of compressed gases other than air. Equipment size, choice of materials and other specifications may be decidedly different for drying gases other than air because of the specific properties of the gases. Properties include specific gravity, sp ...

The number found by plotting the octave band spectrum on the NR curves given in IS0 Standard R 1996-1967 and selecting the - r- highest noise rating curve to which the spectrum is tangent.

An assurance policy usually taken out on two lives, typically husband and wife. Under this type of.

The minimum temperature at which combustion of a solid or fluid can occur.

The value of all the assets employed in a business, including equity and preference capital,.

Wind with a speed between 22 and 27 knots (25 and 31 mph); Beaufort scale number 6.

A type of heating appliance similar to a fireplace, but much more efficient and clean burning. They are made of masonry and have long channels through which combustion gases give up their heat to the heavy mass of the stove, which releases the heat slowly ...

A unit of 1,000 bars of pressure.