A type of combustion heating system in which combustion air is drawn directly from outside and the products of combustion are vented directly outside. These features are beneficial in tight, energy-efficient homes because they will not depressurize a home ...

A rope passed around (center) a boat or other object for hanging.

Spaces in which the continuous or prolonged presence of seafarers is necessary for normal operational periods.

A former state benefit payable after the expiry of state sickness benefit if a person was still.

Where the engines of a ship are confined.

The lifting power. It may be measured by the volume of a watertight hull above the load water line.

Electrical power converter; converts square-wave DC current to sine-wave AC current

In the middle portion of the boat - Roughly halfway between a ship's stem and stern, and where the beam usually is the widest.

In reference to solar photovoltaic cell manufacure, a method of growing a large-size, high-quality crystal whereby coils heat a polycrystalline ingot placed atop a single-crystal seed. As the coils are slowly raised the molten interface beneath the coils ...

A building heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system that distributes conditioned air to individual zones or rooms.

In a dynamic compressor, surge limit is the capacity below which the compressor operation becomes unstable.

Directly or indirectly taking the opposite side of a customer's order into the handling broker's own.

Abbreviation for "Destination Rail Freight Station." Same as CFS at destination, except a DRFS is operated by the rail carrier participating in the shipment.

(DTC) In the US, the Depository Trust Company (DTC) is a national clearing house for the settlement of.

Interest earned by deposits at banks and financial institutions, or on gilts etc. before.

Of equal or constant pressure, with respect to either space or time.

The bearing surrounding the propeller shaft where it exits the hull.

A curved or vertical timber that when paired with a floor or additional futtocks makes the frame of a wooden ship.

The type of bottom that the anchor is set in.

A measure of the moisture content of air; may be expressed as absolute, mixing ratio, saturation deficit, relative, or specific.