The labels placed on appliances to enable consumers to compare appliance energy efficiency and energy consumption under specified test conditions as required by the Federal Trade Commission.

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

A fatigue fracture feature, often observed in electron micrographs, that indicates the position of the crack front after each succeeding cycle of stress. The distance between striations indicates the advance of the crack front across that crystal during o ...

European Union

Lloyd's of London Press

A charge made for a service performed in a carrier's terminal area.

Fisheries Training vessel.

Materials left over from making nuclear energy. Radioactive waste can living organisms if it is not stored safely.

The vertical pole or spar that supports the boom and sails. a mast on a mechanically propelled vessel holds electronics antennas, lights, etc.

ACRONYM - non-lubricated compressor.

The formation of localized corrosion products scattered over the surface in the form of knoblike mounds called tubercles.

U.S. Court of International Trade

Port Forward

One who is employed in the working of cargo when a ship is being loaded or unloaded in port.

Notification of delivery by a clearing house to a buyer. The notice is initiated by the seller in.

An undertaking by a group of two or more people to be responsible, either individually or jointly,.

See transgranular cracking.

Petroleum Industries Marine Association (of Japan)

A very experienced and/or old sailor

The semi-circular steel coupling device mounted on a tractor which engages and locks with a chassis semi-trailer.