In a semiconductor, the energy difference between the highest valence band and the lowest conduction band.

Annual Inert Gas System Survey.

Fresh Water Draft On Arrival

A fixed-length group of bits representing the large data element handled as a unit by a computer. Word length is determined by the capacity of the CPU registers.

Maritime Environment Protection CommitteeIMO branch dealing, among other, with the construction of tankers. The number of the meeting is often added to the acronym so that in the Autumn 2000 the next meeting will be MEPC46.

American Institute of Marine Underwriters.

(ESOP)A plan devised to encourage employees to purchase stock in their company usually at a price below.

Barge, Liquefied Nitrogen maximum pressure 10kg/cm

General operators' certificate with regard to GMDSS

Whether In Port Or Not

A fractographic term describing ductile fracture that occurs through the formation and coalescence of microvoids along the fracture path. The fracture surface of such a ductile fracture appears dimpled when observed at high magnification and usually is mo ...

A rope is fagged when the end is untwisted.

The play or loose motion in an instrument due to the clearance existing between mechanically contacting parts.

American Society for Testing and Materials.

A manifest that lists all cargo carried on a specific vessel voyage.

A situation where an individual is incapable of settling his/her debts and has been served a.

Australia (flag)

Free Despatch

An outdoor temperature, usually 20 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, at which a heatpump's output equals the heating demand. Below the balance point, supplementary heat is needed.

(BOP)A country's financial position, with other countries of the world, which is made up of its.