An instrument which indicates the presence of dust particles in the atmosphere. Also spelled coniscope.

The size of a flaw (defect) in a structure that will cause failure at a particular stress level.

Chemical Distribution InstituteInspection scheme of tankers following the rules of the Council of Europe Federation of Chemical Industries.

Allows equipment and supplies arriving at one port to be loaded on a vessel, aircraft, etc., for its exclusive use and to be exported from the same port.

That time during which weather that prevents working shall not count as laytime

The rear of a ship.

The product of 1 hour, and usually the number of degrees Fahrenheit the hourly mean temperature is above a base point (usually 65 degrees Fahrenheit); used in roughly estimating or measuring the cooling load in cases where processes heat, heat from buildi ...

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

A colorless gaseous compound of nitrogen and hydrogen used in refrigeration and in making of fertilizers and explosives. Found in some ambient air conditions.

Vapor Control Valve

A type of radiant heating system where the radiator is located along an exterior wall where the wall meets the floor.

A captive balloon used to maintain meteorological equipment aloft at approximately a constant height. The kytoon is streamlined and combines the aerodynamic properties of a balloon and a kite.

film hygrometer element-An electrical hygrometer element constructed of a plastic strip coated with a film of carbon black dispersed in a hygroscopic binder. Variations in atmospheric moisture content vary the volume of the binder and thus change the resi ...

Undisturbed environmental surroundings, particularly to air and temperature.

(Delivered At Frontier) (...Named Place):A Term of Sale which means the sellers fulfill their obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available, cleared for export, at the named point and placed at the frontier, but before the customs Terms of ...

A loose term denoting that there is a high degree of liquidity in a stock market, which in turn.

Department of Trade and Industry (UK)

General Agreement on Trade in Services

Passenger Ship.

The unit of speed in the nautical system; one nautical mile per hour. It is equal to 1.1508 statute miles per hour or 0.5144 meters per second.