Is a unit of work equal to 33,000 foot pounds per minute, 550 foot pounds per second, or 746 Watts.

Destruction of metals or other materials by the abrasive action of moving fluids, usually accelerated by the presence of solid particles or matter in suspension. When corrosion occurs simultaneously, the term erosion-corrosion is often used.

A plot of the redox potential of a corroding system versus the pH of the system, compiled using thermodynamic data and the Nernst equation. The diagram shows regions within which the metal itself or some of its compounds are stable.

The volume of liquid water evaporated per unit area in unit time. usually measured as the depth of liquid water lost per unit time from the whole area.

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A sailor's carving or etching on bones, teeth, tusks or shells.

Person who assists in saving life or property from a vessel wrecked near the coast. Often applied to a small boat that lies in narrow waters ready to wait on a vessel, if required.

Same as intergranular corrosion. See also interdendritic corrosion.

On the land or aground.

A rudder, keel, centerboard, or skeg.

A course marked by buoys or ranges measuring one nautical mile. Measured miles are used to calibrate logs.

A window located high in a wall near the eaves that allows daylight into a building interior, and may be used for ventilation and solar heat gain.

To put a narrow piece of canvas around it after it has been wormed, and before it has been served.

Merchant seaman's name for his bed or mattress.

An instrument for automatically maintaining an electrode in an electrolyte at a constant potential or controlled potentials with respect to a suitable reference electrode.

In general, solar radiation received at the earth's surface. Contracted from incoming solar radiation.

A high-altitude sounding system consisting of a small solid- propellant research rocket carried aloft by a large plastic balloon. The rocket is fired near the maximum altitude of the balloon flight.

Air with a weight of 0.075 pounds per cubic foot with an equivalent density of dry air at a temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit and standard barometric pressure of 29.92 inches of mercury.

The notification to a client by a brokerage house that more funds are required to bring a margin.

Changing the consignee or destination on a bill of lading while shipment is still in transit. Diversion has substantially the same meaning.