Vessel Traffic System

Integrated bridge control system

Embrittlement under creep conditions of, for example, aluminum alloys and steels that results in abnormally low rupture ductility. In aluminum alloys, iron in amounts above the solubility limit is known to cause such embrittlement; in steels, the phenomen ...

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An electromagnetic ballast that disconnects a lamp's electrode heating circuit once is has started; often called "low frequency electronic" ballasts.

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The hatchway nearest the stern.

Lines on the Earths surface joining point where there is no magnetic variation.

The relationship which the return on a stock has with the return on the market as a whole, often.

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Numerous shipments from different shippers to one consignee that are consolidated and treated as a single consignment.

A temperature scale on which the freezing point of water equals 32

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Ratio between measured shaft power and the adiabatic compression power, referring to measured mass flow.

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Any number of solar photovoltaic modules or solar thermal collectors or reflectors connected together to provide electrical or thermal energy.

A hygrometer in which the sensitive element is a strand or strands of human hair, the length of which is a function of the relative humidity of the air.

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The captain of the ship.

Uses a large historical price database to evaluate a trading system's.