A nickname referring to British seamen. All British ships were to carry a supply of lime juice for issue to the crew as a preventative against scurvy.

The maximum current density that can be used to obtain a desired electrode reaction without undue interference such as from polarization.

Electrical energy lost due to inherent inefficiencies in an electrical transmission and distribution system under specific conditions.

A squally wind sometimes accompanied by rain, observed as a dark cloud stretched across the horizon.

Transportation from one city to another as differentiated from local switching service.

Air cylinder

A method of fracture analysis that can determine the stress (or load) required to induce fracture instability in a structure containing a cracklike flaw of known size and shape. See also fracture mechanics and stress-intensity factor.

The maximum deviation of any points from a straight line drawn as a "best fit" through the calibration points of an instrument with a linear response curve. Usually expressed as a percentage of full- scale range.

A passenger or cargo-carrying ship which is operated between scheduled, advertised ports of loading and discharge on a regular basis.

A cargo-carrying ship which is operated between scheduled,advertised ports of loading and discharge on a regular basis.

Filter parts that provide protection and support for the filter media.

A vessel sailing between specified ports on a regular basis.

Vessels operating on fixed itineraries or regular schedules and established rates available to all shippers. The freight rates which are charged are based on the shipping company's tariff or if the company is a member of a liner conference, the tariff of ...

This is so given that this is a notional point in chartering terms, this is best described as the Shipper/Receiver arranging for delivery/receival of cargo to/from directly under ships hook and the ship paying for the labour to stow the cargo in the vesse ...

The naval architect's drawings of a ship showing the various sections.

A device used to keep a line from slipping, such as a jamcleat.

Surface which forms a shore-based interface with ships.

A type of cyanometer. an instrument used to measure the blueness of the sky. The Linke-scale is simply a set of eight cards of different standardized shades of blue. They are evenly numbered 2 to 26. The odd numbers are used by the observer if he or she j ...

Having an amenity for oil. See also hydrophilic and hydrophobic.

Small sea that rises just above bows or gunwale.