Gross Observed Volume

(GNMA)In the US, a government-owned corporation which guarantees payment of interest and principal of.

See: 'gilt-edged.

A device used to regulate motor speed, or, in a wind energy conversion system, to control the rotational speed of the rotor.

A motor controller that regulates the air flow through an end plate into the motor to control the speed and power. A speed regulation device built into or attached externally.

GATT Procurement Agreement

General Policy Group (IACS)

Gallons per minute

Global Positioning SystemUS sattelite based system which gives an accuracy of about 0.2 miles as the signal is variably distorted for military and security purposes. Local correction are often provided through a DGPS system.

A pillar or handhold on a boat - Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.

The period, normally 30 days, during which an insurance policy remains in force even though the.

ANSI specification for a Compressed air supply source that meets OSHA specification # 1910.134(i)(1)(ii)requirements for breathing air.

Any horizontal wind velocity tangent to the contour line of a constant pressure surface (or to the isobar of a geopotential surface) at the point in question.

Same as geostrophic wind level.

(GPM)A mortgage scheme in which monthly payments commence at a lower level and increase over a period of.

See: 'National Insurance (NI) Basic.

See: 'National Insurance (NI).

An individual crystal in a polycrystalline metal or alloy; it may or may not contain twinned regions and subgrains; a portion of a solid metal (usually a fraction of an inch in size), in which the atoms are arranged in an orderly pattern.

Ethanol.

A narrow zone in a metal corresponding to the transition from one crystallographic orientation to another, thus separating one grain from another; the atoms in each grain are arranged in an orderly pattern; the irregular junction of two adjacent grains is ...