1.Marine Evacuation System.2.Mobile Earth Station

A small boat, highly ornamented, with a high rising stem and sternpost. Used on the canals of Venice, it is propelled by a man standing near the stern using a single oar

Typically a bank or brokerage account in the names of two (or more) people. Arrangements can be.

Same as electromotive force series.

London Interbank Offered Rate

The weight of oxygen taken up mainly as a result of the oxidation of the constituents of a sample of water by biological action; expressed as the number of parts per million of oxygen taken up by the sample from water originally saturated with air, usuall ...

A method for making sheets of polycrystalline silicon (for solar photovlotaic devices) in which molten silicon is drawn upward by capillary action through a mold.

The electrical resistance offered by a material to the flow of current, times the cross-sectional area of current flow and per unit length of current path; the reciprocal of the conductivity. Also called resistivity or specific resistance.

Continuous Survey of Hull

A man employed in a vessel of war to take charge of a storeroom; as, boatswain's yeoman the man that has charge of the stores, of rigging, etc.

See hydrologic accounting.

An atmospheric sounding instrument which is supported by a captive balloon and used to obtain temperature and humidity data from the ground level to a height of a few thousand feet. The data is telemetered to the ground through a wire cable.

The machine by which, when dropped to the bottom, the vessel is held fast.

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

States that the pressure of a gas, at constant volume, varies directly with the absolute temperature.

Timbers used to support the deck planking of a wooden ship; also for supporting hatches.

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (USA)

Aluminium Alloy Pleasure Yacht.

Abbreviation for "General Department Store Merchandise." A classification of commodities that includes goods generally shipped by mass-merchandise companies. This commodity structure occurs only in service contracts.

Annual Survey