A means of reducing the volume of a material by compaction into a bale.

See Expiry Dates.

Five Year Fee.

A chemical substance that yields hydroxyl ions (OH ) when dissolved in water. Compare with acid.

Automated Requisition Management System.

Macroscopic progression marks on a fatigue fracture or stress-corrosion cracking surface that indicate successive positions of the advancing crack front. The classic appearance is of irregular elliptical or semielliptical rings, radiating outward from one ...

A polariscope consisting of a specially constructed double plate polarizer and a tourmaline plate analyzer. Polarized light passing through the instrument is indicated by the presence of parallel colored fringes, while unpolarized light results in a unifo ...

A form of movable insulation that uses tiny polystyrene beads blown into the space between two window panes.

Is one that does not attack normal materials of construction.

The person to whom is given the use of the whole of the carrying capacity of a ship for the transportation of cargo or passengers to a stated port for a specified time.

1. Loose, not on moorings or towline.2.Floating at random; not fastened by and kind of mooring; at the mercy of winds and currents; loose from normal anchorage. A vessel is said to be adrift when she breaks away from her moorings, warfs, and so on. t – ...

Australian Hold Ladders

Is the saturation pressure at the critical temperature. It is the highest vapor pressure that the liquid can exert.

Atlantic Ocean Region

A water-temperature thermometer provided with an insulated container around the bulb. It is lowered into the sea on a line until it has had time to reach the temperature of the surface water, then withdrawn and read. The insulated water surrounding the bu ...

A layer consisting of a mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide deposited on surfaces being cathodically protected because of the increased pH adjacent to the protected surface.

Hydrostatic Release Unit

Dry-Docking

Deadweight Cargo Tons or the weight of to be transported under a charter party

Alliance of Maritime Regional Interests in Europe.