Water vapor content of the air. See absolute humidity, dew point, mixing ratio, relative humidity, specific humidity.

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A structure which extends outboard beyond the edge of the hull for some special purpose. Some Polynesian canoes use outriggers to support an "ama" or small secondary hull, while fishing boats may use outriggers to suspend lines or nets over the water. ...

The place where a vessel lies. The place in which a man sleeps.

A twisting deformation of a solid body about an axis in which lines that were initially parallel to the axis become helices.

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The portion of the precipitation on the land which ultimately reaches the streams. especially the water from rain or melted snow that flows over the surface.

The extension of an air actuator beyond its design height.

Required lights on a boat help others determine its course, position and what it is doing. Boats underway should have a red light visible from its port bow, a green light on the starboard bow and a white light at its stern. Other lights are required for v ...

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A through hull valve, a shut off on a plumbing or drain pipe between the vessel and the sea

A method of fracture analysis that can determine the stress (or load) required to induce fracture instability in a structure containing a cracklike flaw of known size and shape. See also fracture mechanics and stress-intensity factor.

The opposition that a device or material offers to the flow of direct current, equal to the voltage drop across the element divided by the current through the element. Also called electrical resistance.

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Is the force in newton required to move a fluid layer of one square meter area and a thickness of one meter with a velocity of one meter per second.

Anemometer which measures wind speed by measuring the degree of cooling of a metal film heated by an electric current. A type of cooling-power anemometer.