A drawing representing the internal parts of a vessel as if she had been cut straight through, either longitudinally or athwartships. It shows the positions of the frames and their exact curvature in relation to the hull shape.

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (UK)

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Capital Expenditure Proposal.

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

Energy that comes from splitting atoms of radioactive materials, such as uranium, and which produces radioactive wastes.

The ratio of the vapor pressure to the saturated vapor pressure at the temperature considered.

A company whose main purpose is the financing of hire purchase.

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A legal signature usually placed on the reverse of a draft; signifies transfer of rights from the holder to another party.

The maximum energy demand or load in a specified time period.

An electrical device for converting alternating current to direct current. The chamber in a cooling device where water is separated from the working fluid (for example ammonia).

Misrepresenting freight or weight on shipping documents.

The process of coating one metal with another, ordinarily applied to the coating of iron or steel with zinc. The chief purpose of galvanizing is to prevent corrosion.

Self-Polishing Copolymer (Anti-Fouling Compound)

A ceremony performed on board ships when passengers or crew are crossing the equator for the first time during a voyage.

Capacity of a compressor is the full rated volume of flow of gas compressed and delivered at certain set conditions.

A heat exchanger in which heat is recovered from the products of combustion.

Energy available from the movement of the wind across a landscape caused by the heating of the atmosphere, earth, and oceans by the sun.

The surface of the water.