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

Wooden bar with an iron shod, wedge, Shaped end, used in prying the anchor or working the anchor or working the anchor chain. Also used to engage or disengage the wild-cat.

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 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. ...

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.

The center of an area of high pressure, usually accompanied by anticyclonic and outward wind flow. Also known as an anticyclone.

Compound

The curve (sag) of a rope, cable or chain hung between two points such as the anchor rode or towing line; the deeper the curve, the more catenary.

An instrument which measures the rate of evapotranspiration. It consists of a vegetation soil tank so designed that all water added to the tank and all water left after evapotranspiration can be measured.

To make a rope fast by turns round a pin or coil, without hitching or seizing it.

Overboard and by the ship's side.

An aviation weather forecast for a specific flight.

An anemometer in which the sensor rotation is transmitted to a mechanical counter which directly integrates the air movement past the sensor. Used to determine total air passage (wind run). Average wind speed can be calculated from the difference between ...

Cargo ship of 14.800 tonnes deadweight.

One horsepower provided over one hour; equal to 0.745 kilowatt-hour or 2,545 Btu.

This is a letter of credit that cannot be changed or withdrawn or revoked without everyone involved agreeing (buyer, seller and banks).

Restricted Service in Amami Kasari Bay.

To sail a boat closer to the wind - to steer closer to the wind, usually by pulling in on the sheets

Special vessels employed in exploration for, development of or continuous production of, subsea oil and gas.