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

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

The rope which goes round a sail, and to which the canvass is sewed.

Steam generating units used aboard ship to provide steam for propulsion (and) for heating and other auxiliary purposes.

Placing a port on a vessel's itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at that port justifies the cost of routing the vessel.

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (USA)

In the direction of the vessel's head. Wind ahead is from the direction toward which the vessel's head points. In a forward direction.

An electrode widely used as a reference electrode of known potential in electrometric measurement of acidity and alkalinity, corrosion studies, voltammetry, and measurement of the potentials of other electrodes. See also electrode potential, reference ele ...

A cell produces electric energy by the galvanic oxidation of carbon; commonly used in household appliances.

In the futures market the price of a contract for future delivery of a commodity usually trades.

Petroleum Association of Japan

Area of a computer or other device where various logic and control elements are interconnected. Often a printed circuit board into which other circuit boards plug at right angles.

Abbreviation for binary digit. The smallest unit of information, equal to one binary decision, i.e. 1/0, on/off, yes/no.

Units in a unit trust where the income from the trust's investments is reinvested in the trust.

The angle a celestial body makes with the horizon.

Auxiliary engine

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Embrittlement of ultrahigh-strength steels caused by tempering in the temperature range of 205 to 400

The component of a combustion device that regulates the amount of air entering the combustion chamber.

A term from Latin meaning, "according to value."