AI

Artificial Intelligence.

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AID

Agency for Internatinal Development.

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Any fixed object that a navigator may use to find his position, such as permanent land or sea markers, buoys, radiobeacons, and lighthouses, and to indicate safe and unsafe waters.

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Artificial objects to supplement natural landmarks indicating safe and unsafe waters.

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Annual Inert Gas System Survey.

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AIM

Accountable Item Management System.

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American Institute of Merchant Shipping.

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American Institute of Marine Underwriters.

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Air

The mixture of gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere, composed of, by volume, 21 percent oxygen, 78 percent nitrogen.

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Air

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

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An elastomeric bellow with specially designed metal end closures used in place of pneumatic or hydraulic cylinders. A device which induces action or motion with compressed air being the medium through which the power is transmitted.

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A component on a compressed air line designed to increase in magnitude the flow by releasing small amounts of compressed air at high velocity through an internal, ring shaped nozzle. This column of air released through the front creates a vacuum behind, t ...

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Supported or transported by air.

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A device for applying a fine spray by compressed air.

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When compressed air is forced through a submerged perforated hose or pipe. Some applications include; ice prevention, reduction of salt intrusion, underwater basting, pneumatic breakwaters and general mixing and agitation

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A measure of the rate at which the air in an interior space is replace by outside (or conditioned) air by ventilation and infiltration; usually measured in cubic feet per time interval (hour), divided by the volume of air in the room.

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In solar heating systems, a type of solar collector in which air is heated in the collector.

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A device for conditioning air in an interior space. A Room Air Conditioner is a unit designed for installation in the wall or window of a room to deliver conditioned air without ducts. A Unitary Air Conditioner is composed of one or more assemblies that u ...

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The control of the quality, quantity, and temperature-humidity of the air in an interior space.

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A compressor cooled by atmospheric air circulated around the cylinders or casing.

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