The document containing all particulars relating to the terms of agreement between the Master of the vessel and the crew. Sometimes called ship's articles, shipping articles.

Jail

Agreement given by liner conferrence to a shipper, allowing the shipper to use a non-conference shipping line for a particular consignment.

A measure of the probability that a system demand will exceed capacity during a given period; often expressed as the estimated number of days over a long period, frequently 10 years or the life of the system.

(1) Sailing away from the wind with the sails let out all the way; going with the wind, downwind sailing (2) To allow a line to feed freely. (3) The shape of the afterpart of the underbody of a ship in relation to the resistance it creates going through t ...

An axiom whose underlying message is that stock market prices rise when there are positive rumours.

Through or across crystals or grains. Also called intracrystalline or transcrystalline.

An instrument used to measure the water vapor content of the air. A type of hygrometer. It consists of a wet-bulb and a dry-bulb thermometer. See aspiration psychrometer, Assmann psychrometer. hygrodeik, sling psychrometer.

A type of knot used to fasten an anchor to its line.

The anchor is under the hawse .

A transportation line that hauls export or import traffic between ports and inland points.

The measure of closeness in shape between a waveform and it's fundamental component.

A design in which the forestay does not go to the very top of the mast, but instead to a point 3/4-7/8 of the way up the mast.

Weight of the earth's atmosphere over a unit area of the earth's surface, measured with a mercury barometer at sea level. which corresponds to the pressure required to lift a column of mercury 760 mm.

A hydropower facility that stores water in a reservoir during high-inflow periods to augment water during low-inflow periods. Storage projects allow the flow releases and power production to be more flexible and dependable. Many hydropower project operati ...

An exterior door that protects the primary door.

An approach to investment that focuses on analysis of a company's financial and business.

Cracking or fracturing that occurs between the grains or crystals in a polycrystalline aggregate. Also called intercrystalline cracking. Contrast with transgranular cracking.

Aging induced by cold working.

See galvanostatic.