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P and I Oil Pollution Indemnity Clause

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As a component of a heating or cooling appliance, rows of tubing or pipe with fins attached through which a heat transfer fluid is circulated and to deliver heat or cooling energy to a building.

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This committee has jurisdiction on: coal production, distribution and utilization; energy policy; energy research, conservation, and development; hydroelectric power; irrigation; mineral conservation; nonmilitary development of nuclear energy; solar energ ...

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See Insurance, Particular Average.

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HOR

Horizontal

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Order to pick up goods at a named place and deliver them to a pier. Usually issued by exporter to trucker but may apply to a railroad, which completes delivery by land. Use is limited to a few major U.S. ports. Also known as shipping delivery order.

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Direction or bearing of an object relative to a boat's heading.

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A letter of credit forwarded to the beneficiary by the advising bank without engagement on the part of the advising bank.

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A term used to designate an object for which the correct name has been forgotten.

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Shore crane with a wide span.

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A bond which provides income over its life and at maturity the original investment is returned. .

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Melting and becoming a liquid by absorbing moisture.

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A group of coating or welding processes in which finely divided metallic or nonmetallic materials are deposited in a molten or semimolten condition to form a coating. The coating material may be in the form of powder, ceramic rod, wire, or molten material ...

See transgranular cracking.

LORAN-C Operations Information System.

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The load created by moisture in the air, including from outside air infiltration and that from indoor sources such as occupants, plants, cooking, showering, etc.

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A characteristic applied to domestic water heaters that is the amount of gallons raised 100 degrees Fahrenheit per hour (or minute) under a specified thermal efficiency.

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A bun-shaped cover placed over a radar scanner to prevent risk of fouling and to protect it from the weather.

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To let go.

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In charge of twelve to four watch. Ships navigation officer. Keeps charts (maps) up to date and monitors navigation equipment on bridge.

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