Propeller

Twenty Foot (Container) Equivalent

The recipient (typically a bank) to whom a garnishee order has been delivered.

See 'short.

The difference between downward and upward (total) radiation; net flux of all radiation.

Meddling or fooling around.

A slot into which the bolt rope or lugs in the luff of the sail are inserted to attach the sail.

A labyrinth type filter having the active surfaces continuously splashed with oil. Most pollutants are absorbed by the oil which when circulated releases its pollutants, which sink by gravity to the bottom of the oil pan.

GATT Procurement Agreement

The average power output of a wind energy conversion system at a given mean wind speed based on a Raleigh frequency distribution.

A sudden brief increase in the speed of the wind, followed by a lull or slackening. Compare to peak gust.

A Letter of Credit payable at a future determinable date in which a term Bill of Exchange is not required to evidence the maturity date. (see Acceptance Credit).

An association formed in September 1994 by a merger of the National Federation of Independent.

Marine Guidance Note

U.S. Court of International Trade

Trading With the Enemy Act

Shipping Coordination Committee.

(1) An isothermal reversible reaction in which a solid solution is converted into two or more intimately mixed solids on cooling, the number of solids formed being the same as the number of components in the system. (2) An alloy having the composition ind ...

Areas on a steel fracture surface having a characteristic white crystalline appearance.

Merchant Marine Licensing & Document System.