Stowing cargo destined for a specific location close together to avoid unnecessary cargo movement.

A popular term for energy produced from renewable energy resources.

The exchange rate between two currencies, other than those that form a market's principal rates..

A tax imposed on certain types of products including alcohol and tobacco which are produced in the.

A local variation in the wind direction or speed. This condition can present danger to aircraft, especially at landing, when a sudden shift from headwind to tailwind can cause a rapid loss of airspeed and lift.

Seaman's name for a reef knot tied upside down. also called a "granny" knot.

A rest for a cargo-boom when lowered for securing for sea.

see Peak Watt.

The apparent angle of the sun north or south of the eath's equatorial plane. The earth's rotation on its axis causes a daily change in the declination.

The moisture content of air.

Filtration that occurs at the surface layer (as opposed to within the body depth) of the filter, and is accomplished by passing the material to be filtered over a grating, screen, sieve or membrane fabric with micro sized holes. The size of the holes in t ...

A source of power (electricity) that can displace power from another source so that source's power can be transmitted to more distant loads.

The conversion of electric power to visible light by using an electric charge to excite gaseous atoms in a glass tube. These atoms emit ultraviolet radiation that is absorbed by a phosphor coating on the walls of the lamp tube. The phosphor coating produc ...

Small, steep disorderly waves at rapid intervals.

Closing small leaks in a vessel's underwater body by drawing a sail, filled with oakum, underneath her.

A verb with a variety of meanings. To round in is to haul in quickly; to round up is to bring a sailing vessel head into the wind; to round down a tackle is to overhaul it; to round a mark is to pass a racing mark.

To take a boat into water that is too shallow for it to float in, i.e: the bottom of the boat is resting on the ground.

A dimensionless flow parameter, ( Jnr/m), in which J is a significant dimension, often a diameter, n is the fluid velocity, r is mass density, and m is dynamic viscosity, all in consistent units.

The power required to energize the magnetic field of a generator.

The relative humidity of a gas (or air) vapor mixture is the ratio of the partial pressure of the vapor to the vapor saturation pressure at the dry bulb temperature of the mixture.