An up slope wind due to local surface heating. Opposite of katabatic wind.

Those spaces in which the main navigating equipment, the ship's radio or the emergency source of power are located or where the fire recording or fire control equipment is centralized and also those spaces used for galleys, main pantries, stores (except i ...

(1) Reduction of corrosion rate by shifting the corrosion potential of the electrode toward a less oxidizing potential by applying an external electromotive force. (2) Partial or complete protection of a metal from corrosion by making it a cathode, using ...

The temperature of a medium, such as gas or liquid, which comes into contact with or surrounds an apparatus or building element.

A metal plate fitting on the deck that can be opened to take on fuel or water

Portable Electronic Thermometer

An instrument which measures evaporation by measuring the loss of water from a burette reservoir through a ceramic disc.

See Koschmieder's law.

A component of a heating or ventilation appliance used to conduct fresh air into, or waste air or combustion gases out of, an appliance or interior space.

The limiting values of ceiling, visibility, and wind, or runway visual range, established as safety minimum for aircraft landings and take-offs.

Deforming metal plastically under conditions of temperature and strain rote that induce strain hardening. Usually, hut not necessarily, conducted at room temperature. Contrast with hot working.

A wall that carries ceiling rafters or roof trusses.

A device for drying compressed air by means of condensation obtained by over-compression or cooling, absorption, adsorption or a combination of the above methods.

A measure of the relative power, or of the relative values of two flux densities, especially of sound intensities and radar power densities. The decibel is derived from the less frequently used unit, the bel, named in honor of Alexander Graham Bell.

Fitted with cabins and catering facilities for offshore crews. Semisubmersible accommodation units are ofte called "Flotels".

Not attached to the shore or the ground in any manner. Usually, but not necessarily, moving through or making way through the water.

(1) Broken water at bow of a vessel making way. (2) Disturbed water made by a propeller or paddle wheel. (3) The rush or sweeping of waves on a bank, shore, or vessel.

The action of light on a biological system that results in the dissociation of a substrate, usually water, to produce hydrogen.

Heating a metal or alloy to such a high temperature that its properties are impaired. When the original properties cannot be restored by further heat treating, by mechanical working, or by a combination of working and heat treating, the overheating is kno ...

In the UK the assured is a person (or people) who has entered into a life assurance contract with a.