International Telecomunication Union

International Maritime Convention on Communication by Satellite

See ceilometer.

Rumanian Register (Class Society)

A unit of work, being the work done in one hour at the rate of 1,000 watts.

Error that can be introduced when not reading an instrument, such as a compass, directly from its front, due to the separation of the indicator and the scale being read.

Conversion

The maximum rate at which precipitation can pass through the surface into the soil, for a given soil in a given condition.

An economy whose growth is believed to be neither too 'hot' (i.e. too fast) or too 'cold' (too slow).

A generic term for measures of resistance to extension of a crack. The term is sometimes restricted to results of fracture mechanics tests, which are directly applicable in fracture control. However, the term commonly includes results from simple tests of ...

Movernent of water through the soil surface into the soil, or the quantity of water entering the soil. Infiltration is equal to the total precipitation less the losses due to interception by vegetation. retention in depressions on the land surface, evapor ...

An order given to take hold of a rope and pull.

Stresses that remain within a body as a result of plastic deformation.

Harmonisation Group on ECDIS

Precipitation composed of liquid water drops more than 0.5 mm in diameter, failing in relatively straight, but not necessarily vertical, paths. Compare to drizzle.

Said of a vessel when unable to maneuver.

Fire-Tube Boiler Survey

Portable Measurement Unit

CG Digital Data Management System.

Time period from when a compressor loads until it unloads.