A structure or media from which heat can be absorbed or extracted.

A discontinuance of electric power supply.

A wind moving from the land to the water due to temperature changes in the evening, where the temperature of the land falls below the sea temperature.

Contraction for Empty Repositioning. The movement of empty containers.

A balloon-borne instrument for the simultaneous measurement and transmission of meteorological data. It includes transducers for the measurement of pressure, temperature, and humidity; a modulator for the conversion of the output of the transducers to a q ...

A device used on certain types of instruments to prevent unwanted radiation from affecting the measurement of a quantity. Also called solar radiation shield.

Those causes of loss for which the carrier is not legally liable. The elemental risks of ocean transport.

A single block such as a snatch block used as a fairlead to bring a line in a more favorable direction.

A device used to hold liquid-in-glass maximum and minimum thermometers in the proper recording position inside an instrument shelter, and to permit them to be read and reset. See Townsend support.

For valves and fittings, implies that they are suitable for working pressures between 125 to 175 pounds per square inch.

A large, swelling wave. To surge a rope or cable, is to slack it up suddenly where it renders round a pin, or round the windlass or capstan.urge ho! The notice given when a cable is to be surged.

The compound (working fluid) used in air conditioners, heat pumps, and refrigerators to transfer heat into or out of an interior space. This fluid boils at a very low temperature enabling it to evaporate and absorb heat.

The measure of a company's solvency, looking at the relationship between its assets and its.

A term used in banking which refers to settlement of payments between accounts both held at the same.

A call option with an exercise price below the price of the underlying instrument (e.g..

Loadline (International Convention On Load Lines)

Is the temperature at the inlet flange of the compressor.

A sailor's paradise where amusements were plentiful, and the women were accommodating.

Abbreviation for "Electronic Data Interface." Generic term for transmission of transactional data between computer systems. EDI is typically via a batched transmission, usually conforming to consistent standards.