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DF

Direction-Finder

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TEA

Targeted Export Assistance

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Carries supplies to drilling units or installations during field de-velopment or production.

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Companion to the wet-bulb thermometer in a psychrometer. Used to measure ambient air temperature.

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A port that is not directly listed in the tide tables but for which information is available as a difference from a nearby standard port.

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The temperature to which air must be cooled, at constant pressure and water vapor content, in order for saturation or condensation to occur; the temperature at which the saturation pressure is the same as the existing vapor pressure; also called saturatio ...

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States that equal volumes of all gases under the same conditions of pressure and temperature contain the same number of molecules.

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Percentage of freight payable to broker (by owners in c/p's) or applicable to sale or purchase.

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Said of a vessel when the depth of water can be measured by the lead (within the 100 fathom curve).

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Amount of unused space in a ship or a hold by virtue of the irregular shape of the cargo.

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Cubic feet per minute. An airflow measurement of volume.

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See principal stress (normal).

SSA

Special Periodical Survey of Automated Control System

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Wind blowing from off the shore.

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Vessel moves to a new area for a new season.

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A navigational aid that emits radio waves for navigational purposes. The radio beacon's position is known and the direction of the radio beacon can be determined by using a radio direction finder.

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(SEE NEAPED)

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These are benefits, excluding salaries, given to employees which include cars and car fuel, medical.

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To the bow of the boat, forward of the beam.

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Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. Programable read-only memory which can be erased, usually by ultraviolet light, and re-programmed.

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