General Council of British Shipping

(ARPS)Preferred stock which pays a dividend in line with interest rates generally rather than a fixed.

The date on which a bond may be redeemed by the issuer before maturity which may be at par or at a.

The interval between full moon and change of moon and the highest high tide.

The concept in technical analysis that a trend in a share price is more meaningful if the number of.

Privilege to use the rate producing the lowest charge.

See copper-accelerated salt-spray test.

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

The process of removing a power plant, apparatus, equipment, building, or facility from operation.

A term used in conjunction with policies such as low cost endowment assurance and low start.

The amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of a given mass of a substance by one degree Celsius. The heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree Celsius is 4186 Joules.

Joint Maritime Information System

Ocean Drilling Program

The maximum stress that presumably leads to fatigue fracture in a specified number of stress cycles. If the stress is not completely reversed. the value of the mean stress. the minimum stress, or the stress ratio should also be stated. Compare with endura ...

The final payment on a loan which is significantly larger than those preceding.

Any interruption in the normal physical structure or configuration of a part, such as cracks, laps, seams, inclusions, or porosity. A discontinuity may or may not affect the usefulness of the part.

A guarantee issued by a bank, on behalf of a seller to a buyer, in relation to any advance payment that is made by the buyer to the seller to allow the contract to commence. If the contract is not completed the buyer can claim reimbursement of the advance ...

An electrode in an electrolytic cell that is not mechanically connected to the power supply, but is so placed in the electrolyte, between the anode and cathode, that the part nearer the anode becomes cathodic and the part nearer the cathode becomes anodic ...

A triangular topsail set above the mainsail in a gaff-rigged vessel.

A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. A mixture of individual gases. The gaseous mixture surrounding the earth. Standard density of dry air free of carbon dioxide (0