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In reference to a wind energy conversion system, the wind speed profile in which wind speeds increase with the logarithmic of the height of the wind turbine above the ground.

A book containing the official record of a ship's activities together with remarks concerning the state of the weather, etc.

The wooden bit in the stem of a whaling boat around which the harpoon line was controlled.

LORAN-C Operations Information System.

Joining the ends of two lines without increasing the thickness over the length of the splice, so that the splice will pass freely through a block.

A unit that equals 20 long hundredweight or 2,240 pounds. Used mainly in England.

2,240 pounds (1016.05 kilograms)

Current that flows through the earth from an anodic to a cathodic area of a continuous metallic structure. Usually used only where the areas are separated by considerable distance and where the current results from concentration-cell action.

Infrared or radiant heat.

Radiation with wavelengths greater than 4 microns. (In meteorology, same as infrared radiation.)

Imaginary lines drawn through the north and south poles on the globe used to measure distance east and west of the prime meridian at Greenwich, England (designated as 0

A bulkhead, frame, or longitudinal stiffener, running fore and aft.

A fore and aft strength member of a ship's structure.

A laborer who works at loading and discharging cargo.

Individual employed in a port to load and unload ships.

Sailor slang for marriage.

The man stationed aloft or in the bows for observing and reporting objects seen.

To loose a rope is to let it go