Measure of alkalinity or acidity in water and water containing fluids. Can be used to determine the corrosion inhibiting characteristic in water based fluids. Typically, pH > 8.0 is required to inhibit corrosion of iron and ferrous alloys in water based f ...

To cause the land to sink below horizon by sailing away from it.

A salt, sodium sulfate decahydrate, that melts at 90 degrees Fahrenheit; a component of eutetic salts that can be used for storing heat.

A fitting holding a boom or gaff to the mast.

Upward displacing swells.

Long Ton/Miles

Net Present Value

A letter of credit that requires the beneficiary to present only a draft or a receipt for specified funds before receiving payment.

An empty wine bottle after its contents have been drunk.

To ease out or slacken a line, chain or cable or let it run in a controlled manner.

In a thermodynamic system of several constituents, the rate of change of the Gibbs function of the system with respect to the change in the number of moles of a particular constituent.

A sounding balloon which, when operationally inflated, resembles an inverted teardrop.

An L/C guaranteed by both the issuing and advising banks of payment so long as seller's documents are in order, and the L/C terms are met. Only applied to irrevocable L/C's. The confirming bank assumes the credit risk of the issuing bank.

A document, issued by a bank per instructions by a buyer of goods, authorizing the seller to draw a specified sum of money under specified terms, usually the receipt by the bank of certain documents within a given time. Some of the specific descriptions a ...

The price at which a bond or preferred stock can be redeemed by the issuer. The call price will.

To turn the boat away from the wind. also Fall Off.

A crack or hole that accidentally admits a gas or lets it escape.

The range of operating conditions of a device within which operating influences are negligible. The range is usually narrow. Reference operating conditions are the conditions under which reference performance is stated and the base from which the values o ...

(FSA)The replacement regulating body for the Securities and Investments Board (SIB). The FSA, which.

Contraction for radiosonde observation.