Polarization of the cathode; change of the electrode potential in the active (negative) direction due to current flow; a reduction from the initial potential resulting from current flow effects at or near the cathode surface. Potential becomes more active ...

A thermometer. the sensitive element of which consists of two metal strips which have different coefficients of expansion and are brazed together. The distortions of the system in response to temperature variations are used as a measure of temperature. It ...

See captive balloon, ceiling balloon, constant-level balloon, free balloon, hurricane beacon, kytoon, Moby Dick balloon, pilot balloon, radiosonde balloon, rockoon, skyhook balloon, transosonde.

A light line with a weight on the end used for heaving from ship to shore (or ship to ship) when coming alongside. A heavier cable or hawser is attached which can then be hauled over using the heaving line.

A tanker of the maximum size capable of transit of the Panama Canal (approx. 50,000-80,000 DWT) (breadth normally the limiting factor)

A system operated by the clearing banks in which a paper slip/document instructs a bank branch to.

Method of reeving a tackle in order to gain the maximum increase in power.

Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic

An instrument for measuring the intensity of direct solar radiation at normal incidence. See Angstrom compensation pyrheliometer, Eppley pyrheliometer, Michaelson actinograph. silver- disc pyrheliometer, spectropyrheliometer, waterflow pyrheliometer.

The value of a shipment agreed upon in order to secure a specific freight rate.

Crude Oil Washing. Washing of the oil tank with jets of the same oil. This to replace washing with water which implies a risk of explosion and the problem of the disposal of cleaning water.

The inaccuracy that the manufacturer permits when the unit is calibrated in the factory.

Centistokes centi Stokes (1 cSt = 1 mm2/s)

An institution which takes deposits from individuals, companies, organisations etc..

A tax-efficient trust, used to pass assets to your children while still retaining some control of.

Primitive plants, usually aquatic, capable of synthesizing their own food by photosynthesis.

A term applied to a floating object that is moored or anchored so that it remains at one place. Budys are used for marking the places on the water where a ship is sunk, where reefs are below, where the edges of the channel are, or to provide means for moo ...

A condition in which the interfacial tension between a liquid and a solid is such that the contact angle is 0

One of the 3 possible distances:The max height from the water line to the topmost of a ship,The clearance between the topmost point and a bridge over a river,The max height from the water line to the top of the hatch coamings.

Pieces of soft wood, covered with canvass, placed on the trestle-trees, for the eyes of the rigging to rest upon.