An old maritime expression meaning "immediately", as "let go amain" (drop the anchor at once!).

A hole in a tank, boiler or compartment on a ship, designed to allow the passage of a man for examination, cleaning, and repairs.

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The ratio of light output of a fluorescent lamp operated on a ballast to the light output of a lamp operated on a standard or reference ballast.

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

A constant which describes the performance of a wind vane in response to a step change in wind direction. It is calculated from the relative amount of overshoot on two successive swings (half cycles) of a decaying oscillation. This specification is dimens ...

Regular investment of a fixed dollar amount in a mutual fund with dividends.

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An act beyond human control, such as lightning, flood or earthquake. – An unpredictable situation which is beyond the power of man. A natural event, not preventable by any human power, such as flood, storms, or lighting usually quoted as “force majeure” ...

Coast Guard's Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System

A recording anemoclinometer.

A raised area, often dome shaped, resulting from (1) loss of adhesion between a coating or deposit and the base metal or (2) delamination under the pressure of expanding gas trapped in a metal in a near-subsurface zone. Very small blisters may be called p ...

The owners of a ship are entitled to payment as freight for merchandise returned through the fault of either the consignees or the consignors. Such payment, which is over and above the normal freight, is called backfreight.

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The grilled opening into a room by which the amount of warm air from a furnace can be directed or controlled; may include a damper.

1.Wolrd Maritime Organization2.World Meteorological Organisation

A term which applies to trusts without an interest in possession (for example a discretionary trust).

(ARM)In the US, a mortgage in which the interest rate is liable to change over the term of the loan and.

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