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In physics, the concept that as the speed of a moving fluid (liquid or gas) increases, the pressure within that fluid decreases. Originally formulated in 1738 by the Swiss mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli, it states that the total energy in a ...

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A forecast of weather elements of particular interest to aviation; including ceiling, visibility, upper winds, icing, turbulence, precipitation types, and storms.

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Corrosion testing in a copper-sulfate solution containing sulfuric acid. Used to detect the susceptibility of stainless steel to intergranular corrosion.

EC

East Coast

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ORO

Ore/Oil Carrier

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When a perfect gas flows through a throttling with constant inlet and outlet pressures, the temperature of the gas is the same before and after it flows through the throttling. There is a temperature drop, however, during the passage of gas through the th ...

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An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind; a wind guage.

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Bonaire Petroleum Corporation N.V.

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EBB

A receding current.

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Cargo banned by general cargo workers for some reason. This ban could be because the cargo is dangerous or hazardous to health.

A form of erosion-corrosion generally associated with the local impingement of a high-velocity. Flowing fluid against a solid surface.

UPS

Uninterrupted Power Supply

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A flexible roll or strip of insulating material in widths suited to standard spacings of building structural members (studs and joists). They are made from glass or rock wool fibers. Blankets are continuous rolls. Batts are pre-cut to four or eight foot l ...

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Brittleness exhibited by some steels after being heated to a temperature within the range of about 200 to 370

HSE

Health safety and environmental,Health and Safety Executive

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Auxiliary

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ARE

United Arab Emirates (flag)

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A crane with a cantilever which is incapable of luffing. The cargo hook is fixed on the out end of the cantilever or hanged on a movable carriage along it.

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A unit of luminous intensity; the magnitude to the candela is such that the luminance of the total radiator, at the temperature of solidification of platinum, is 60 candelas per square centimeter.

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ATC

Affordability Through Commonality (NAVSEA Program)

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