(DAX)The index for the largest 30 German companies quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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(DTB)The German derivatives exchange, where the bund, Euromark futures and Dax futures and options.

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DEV

Deviation. Vessel departure from specified voyage course

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The unloading of a container or cargo van.

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Vessel departure from specified voyage course

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Differences between the compass reading and an actual magnetic direction caused by magnetic forces in the vicinity of the compass, which are usually the result of masses of metal, speaker magnets, etc. (2) Vessel departure from specified voyage course.

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A listing of a particular boat's steering deviation on each point of the compass

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Caulker's name for the seam in the upper deck planking next to a ship's waterways. There was very little space to get at this seam, making it a difficult and awkward job. This is the origin of the expression "Between the devil and the deep blue sea, since ...

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Old seafaring term meaning something very difficult or awkward. see Devil

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A freehold property given as a gift in a.

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Dew

Water condensed onto objects at or near the ground, due to the fact that their temperatures have fallen below the dew point temperature of the surrounding air, but not below freezing.

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An Instrument used to determine dew point.

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Of a gas is the temperature at which the vapor in a space (at a given pressure) will start to condense (form dew). Dew point of a gas mixture is the temperature at which the highest boiling point constituent will start to condense.

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Temperature at which condesation first occurs and moisture is formed.

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The temperature to which a sample of air must be cooled, while the mixing ratio and barometric pressure remain constant, in order to attain saturation by water vapor. When this temperature is below O

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An apparatus consisting of a small, polished, stainless steel cup placed in a container into which is passed the sample gas. The temperature of the polished surface is lowered by immersing dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) in an acetone solution contained in ...

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Same as dew-point hygrometer.

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Hygrometer in which the dew (frost) point is determined by observing the temperature of an artificially cooled surface at the moment at which dew (frost) first appears on it.

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The difference between the air temperature and the dew-point. Also called dew-point deficit, dew-point depression.

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