An anemometer which derives wind speed from measurements of dynamic wind pressures. Wind blowing into a tube develops a pressure greater than the static pressure, while wind blowing across a tube develops a pressure less than the static. This pressure dif ...

Said of a distant ship when her hull is below horizon and her masts and upper works are visible.

Surface Transportation Assistance Act

Preventive Machinery Maintenance system.

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

Cubic feet per minute (cfm) of air required at the inlet to the distribution system.

A heat exchanger that transfers heat contained in a liquid heat transfer fluid to another liquid.

A condition that can occur in a solar collector if the working fluid does not circulate when sun is shining on the collector.

A bond which does not record its owner's name. Possession of the bond certificate is therefore the.

An aggregate of iron or alloy carbides of essentially spherical shape dispersed throughout a matrix of ferrite.

Cargo delivered to/from the carrier where origin/destination of the cargo is in the local area.

Bank for International Settlements The central bankers' bank, based in Basle,.

On square-rigged ships, an additional sail set in good weather outside the square sails when the wind was abaft the beam.

(GNMA)In the US, a government-owned corporation which guarantees payment of interest and principal of.

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.

Two short pieces of timber fixed horizontally fore and aft on each side of the lower masthead of a square rigged vessel and used to support the topmast, the lower crosstrees, and the top.

The distance from the surface of the water to the main deck or gunwale.

Any and all forms of water particles, liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere and reach the ground.

The time required for an instrument to register a designated percentage (frequently 90%) of a step change in the variable being measured.

Break; e.g., the line parted under strain