Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

A stick with a blade in the end of it used to propel a small boat through the water; The act of using a paddle to propel a boat.

International Support Vessel Owners Association

Material that stores energy, although mass will also retain coolness. The thermal storage capacity of a material is a measure of the material's ability to absorb and store heat.

Barometer in which pressure is determined by balancing air pressure against the weight of a column of mercury in an evacuated glass tube.

A measure of the effective cooling capacity of a refrigerator, expressed in Btu per hour or in tons, where one (1) ton of capacity is equal to the heat required to melt 2,000 pounds of ice in 24 hours or 12,000 Btu per hour.

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

The cost of trading in an asset or security which will vary according to the broker you use and.

(ERISA)In the US, a federal law introduced for the protection of participants in private pension.

International Union of Marine Insurance

Iraqi Territorial Water Services.

Those privately or publicly owned establishments that generate, transmit, distribute, or sell electricity.

An instrument which measures the spectral distribution of the intensity of direct solar radiation.

A type of electrical thermometer consisting of two thermocouples which are series-connected with a potentiometer and a constant-temperature bath. One couple, called the reference junction, is placed in a constant-temperature bath, while the other is used ...

An instrument for measuring the extinction coefficient in water.

A fixed term life assurance policy in which provision is made for premiums to pay for life cover.

The generation of an electric current, when two conductors of different metals are joined at their ends to form a circuit, with the two junctions kept at different temperatures.

A device used to keep a person afloat. Also called a life preserver, life vest, PFD or personal floatation device.

Federal Communications Commission Rules governing radio equipment and operation in the United States.

Water of sufficient depth to allow a boat to travel through it.