Atlantic Ocean Region

1.All purposes.2.Additional premium.3.Accounts payable

Air pressure

Administrative Procedure Act.

Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers An association formed in 1990 to represent the interests of stockbroking and investment.

Said of an anchor when the cable is taut and vertical.

An opening; in solar collectors, the area through which solar radiation is admitted and directed to the absorber.

Afloat Prepositioning Force.

American Petroleum Institute

(See Measurement Definitions)

American Petroleum Institute.

Large bollards affixed to the main deck near the bow of a square rigged vessel around which hawsers or anchor cables were belayed.

A solar day; an interval between successive transits of the sun's center across an observer's meridian; the time thus measured is not equal to clock time.

Same as freezing point.

When freight appears to be free of damage so far as a general survey can determine.

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

The direction and speed of the wind as it appears to those on board, relative to the speed and direction of the boat; combination of the true wind and the wind caused by the boat's movement through the water.

A rudder, keel, centerboard, or skeg.

A device for converting one form of energy or fuel into useful energy or work.

The ratings under which specified appliances convert energy sources into useful energy, as determined by procedures established by the U.S. Department of Energy.