In tensile testing, the ratio of maximum load to original cross-sectional area. Also called ultimate tensile strength.

Restricted Service, Paraguay, Parana and River Plate interior waters until line Buenos Aires-Colonia port.

The process of producing electricity by transforming other forms or sources of energy into electrical energy; measured in kilowatt-hours.

A pyranometer developed by M. Robitzsch. Its design utilizes three bimetallic strips which are exposed horizontally at the center of a hemispherical glass bowl. The outer strips are white reflectors and the center strip is a blackened absorber. The bimeta ...

The overlapping of wooden planks, used to form the outer surface of a boat's hull.

Thermosyphon systems use a separate storage tank located above the collector. Liquid warmed in the collector rises naturally above the collector, where it is kept until it is needed. The liquid can be either water or a glycol solution. If the fluid is wat ...

In general terms, the increase in value of an asset. As far as shares are concerned,.

see 'balance of.

In technical analysis, what happens when the short moving average price of a stock (say, its.

The distance a boat can move around its anchor. Swinging room is important because if other boats or objects are within a boat's swinging circle they may collide.

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Substance formed as a result of corrosion

A beam which supports a deck.

Equipped for Carriage of Container and Vehicles.

An electricity generating facility that uses geothermal energy.

A large sail that is a cross between a spinnaker and a genoa. Hoisted without a pole, the tack is attached at the bottom of the headstay.

An option which gives the holder the right but not the obligation to purchase a stated quantity of.

See: 'cancellation.

A location that is not sheltered from the wind and seas. An open location would not make a good anchorage.

A carrier giving a customer illegal preference to attract cargo. This can take the form of a money refund (rebate); using lower figures than actual for the assessment of freight charges (undercubing); misdeclaration of the commodity shipped to allow the a ...