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Good order and readiness.

A light triangular or quadrilateral sail set over a gaff.

(See ROPE-YARN.)

Inlet guide-vane valve. Valve assembly at the air inlet of a "blower" (single stage, low pressure, centrifugal air compressor). Usually advised to be mounted in very close proximity to the "blower" impeller. Provides "pre-swirl" of air flow in same rotati ...

First Class Charterers

The operation of temporarily holding two lines together by seizing.

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The daily change in the price of a share or other security, i.e. the difference between the most.

Code of minimum conditions for the carriage of cargo under a bill of lading.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Temperature before an orifice or nozzle, downstream of compressor discharge.

A system in which radar techniques are used to determine the range, elevation, and azimuth of a radar target carried a!oft by a radiosonde, so that wind data may be obtained along with the other meteorological data.

A type of turbine that that has two blades whose pitch is adjustable. The turbine may have gates to control the angle of the fluid flow into the blades.

Jettisoned goods that cast overboard and are buoyed for subsequent recovery.

A type of directional antenna used on some types of radar and radio equipment consisting of an array of elemental, single- wire dipole antennas and reflectors.

A V-shaped chain, wire, or rope attached to a vessel being towed to which the towline is connected.

Bow to Center Manifold

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