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The straight or curved line of the deck line; curvature of the lines of a vessel toward the bow and stern.

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

A scaling factor, usually denoted by the symbol K, used in linear-elastic fracture mechanics to describe the intensification of applied stress at the tip of a crack of known size and shape. At the onset of rapid crack propagation in any structure containi ...

The temperature to which a sample of air must be cooled, while the mixing ratio and barometric pressure remain constant, in order to attain saturation by water vapor. When this temperature is below O

The audio-frequency signal transmitted by the Diamond-Hinman radiosonde when the baroswitch pen passes each fifteenth contact of the commutator, up to a number determined by the design of the commutator, and each fifth contact thereafter. This signal is t ...

Abbreviation for "Trailer on Flat Car." The movement of a highway trailer on a railroad flatcar. Also known as Piggyback.

A solution or process used to loosen or remove corrosion products such as scale or tarnish.

Hardening caused by the precipitation of a constituent from a supersaturated solid solution. See also age hardening and aging.

A unit of air cooling capacity; 12,000 Btu per hour.

The audio-frequency signal transmitted by the Diamond-Hinman radiosonde when the baroswitch pen passes each fifth contact of the commutator up to a number determined by the design of the commutator. It then signals every contact except the fifth, which is ...

International Ship Managers' Association

An inspection method for welding, forgings etc. based on the ability of certain types of liquids to enter voids and crevices by capillary action and to remain there when the surface liquid is removed.

Coal Carrier.

The time rate of straining for the usual tensile test. Strain as measured directly on the specimen gage length is used for determining strain rate. Because strain is dimensionless, the units of strain rate are reciprocal time.

The load-carrying ability of an electric power plant during a specific time interval and period when related to the characteristics of the load to be/being supplied; determined by capability, operating power factor, and the portion of the load the station ...

A coating process whereby the cleaned and masked component to be coated is heated and rotated on a spindle above the streaming vapor generated by melting and evaporating a coating material source bar with a focused electron beam in an evacuated chamber.

An obsolete term describing oil or grease coatings used to provide temporary protection against atmospheric corrosion.

A mooring buoy or spar. A group of piles driven close together and bound with wire cables into a single structure.