This is the voltage-ampere requirement of a device designed to convert electric energy to a non-electrical form.

The condition of being electrically separated from other metallic structures or the environment.

A mortgage in which the rate of interest paid by the borrower follows movements in the base.

Bonds which offer high rates of interest but with correspondingly higher risk attached to the.

The angular distance North or South of the equator, measured from the center of the earth. It thus corresponds to latitude on the earths surface.

(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 ...

A line rove through a single block secured aloft.

Emergency.

Refrigerated Cargo Ship or Container

The downward flux of atmospheric radiation passing through a given level surface, usually taken as the earth's surface. This result of infrared (long-wave) absorption and reemission by the atmosphere is the principal factor in the greenhouse effect.

Term for a seaman's short leave from his ship, permitting him to go ashore for the day or night.

One quadrillion Btu. (1,000,000,000,000,000 Btu)

Distilled Water or Drill Water.

A chromate conversion coating produced on magnesium alloys in a boiling solution of sodium dichromate.

A company which is in severe trouble, but still with some hope of recovery, may be put into the. – As used in international conventions, the government of the state whose flag the ship is flying.

Instrument for measuring the depth to which the soil is frozen.

Joint Maritime Information System

A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line, sometimes around a thimble.

United States Agency for International Development

Fine dust or salt particles dispersed through a portion of the atmosphere; a type of lithometer. The particles are so small they cannot be felt or seen with the naked eye. Many haze formations are caused by the presence of an abundance of condensation nuc ...