A device used to compress air for mechanical or electrical power production, and in air conditioners, heat pumps, and refrigerators to pressurize the refrigerant and enabling it to flow through the system.

The leaning of a boat to the side because of excess weight on that side; inclination of a boat due to excess weight on one side or the other.

Electromagnetic radiation lying in the wavelength interval between 0.8 micron and I millimeter. At the lower limit of this interval, the infrared radiation spectrum is bounded by visible radiation, while on its upper limit it is bounded by microwave radia ...

An automatic or manual device designed to control pressure, flow or temperature.

devoid of water.

Pieces of hard wood bolted to the outer end of a bowsprit through which are rove the foretopmast stays before they are brought in to the bows and secured.

A mop, formed of old rope, used for cleaning and drying decks.

An instrument for measuring the frost point of the atmosphere.

Also bosun, bos'n, bo's'n, and bo'sun, all of which are pronounced bosun. The highest unlicensed rating in the deck department who has immediate charge of all deck hands, oversees deck crew, maintenance and upkeep of the ship except for the engine room an ...

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A rudder, keel, centerboard, or skeg.

A solar energy array that follows the path of the sun to maximize the solar radiation incident on the PV surface. The two most common orientations are (1) one axis where the array tracks the sun east to west and (2) two-axis tracking where the array point ...

Speed Over Ground, speed relative to bottom.

A measure of luminous flux remaining in a light beam after it has passed through a specified distance of the atmosphere.

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.

An inland point provided by an all water carrier's through bill of lading in the U.S. by first discharging the container in an East Coast port.

The component of either a liquid or solid solution that is present to a lesser or minor extent: the component that is dissolved in thesolution.

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On or near the line of immersion of a ship's hull.

A contract for leasing between the ship owners and the lessee. It would state, e.g., the duration of the lease in years or voyages.