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The use of a sound barrier separating the sound from the receiver.

An old method of cleaning a vessels bottom by burning off weed, barnacles or other growth while the vessel was in dry dock or careened. Breaming was also known as graving.

A pressure below that of the existing atmospheric pressure taken as a zero reference.

To spin out of control and capsize or nearly capsize; The turning of a boat broadside to the wind or waves, subjecting it to possible capsizing; a turning or swinging of the boat that puts the beam of the boat against the waves, creating a danger of swamp ...

The use of two or more different fuels (e.g. wood and coal) simultaneously in the same combustion chamber of a power plant.

CUSIP is the trademark for a system that uniquely identifies securities trading in the United.

The scientific study of the waters of the earth, especially with relation to the effects of precipitation and evaporation upon the occurrence and character of water in streams, lakes, and on or below the land surface. In terms of the hydrologic cycle, the ...

The amount of sky covered or concealed by clouds or obscuring phenomena. It is reported in tenths, so that 0.0 indicates a clear sky and 1.0 (or 10/10) indicates a completely covered sky. The following classifications are used in aviation weather observat ...

Screen of cloth or other material to give the crew protection against the weather, wind and water spray.

A masonry or metal stack that creates a draft to bring air to a fire and to carry the gaseous byproducts of combustion safely away.

The U.S. Government's 12-month financial year, from October to September, of the following calender year; e.g.: FY 1998 extends from Oct. 1, 1997 to Sept. 30, 1988.

An inverter that operates independent of or is not connected to an electric transmission and distribution network.

The binding of an adsorbate to the surface of a solid by forces whose energy levels approximate those of condensation. Contrast with chemisorption.

Wind with a speed between 34 and 40 knots (39 and 46 mph); Beaufort scale number 8.

A chain of organic molecules produced by the joining of primary units called monomers.

The technique for varying the potential of an electrode in a continuous manner at a preset rate.

Cracking or fracturing that occurs through or across a crystal or grain. Also called transcrystalline cracking. Contrast with intergranular cracking.

see Bream

A horseshoe-shaped or circular reef of coral surrounding a lagoon.