Equipment used for serving meals.

A light line used for hauling over a heavier rope or cable.

A member of the steward's department who served meals to officers and crew.

A dining room on a ship.

An approximate unit of heat produced by a resting person, equal to about 18.5 Btu per square foot per hour.

Accelerated deterioration of metals in carbonaceous gases at elevated temperatures to form a dustlike corrosion product; a unique form of high temperature corrosion which forms a dust-like corrosion product and sometimes develops hemispherical pits on a s ...

A high-intensity discharge lamp type that uses mercury and several halide additives as light-producing elements. These lights have the best Color Rendition Index (CRI) of the High-Intensity Discharge lamps. They can be used for commercial interior lightin ...

A galvanic cell caused by a difference in metal ion concentration at two locations on the same metal surface.

An alloy having an amorphous or glassy structure. See also amorphous solid.

(1) The application of an electrically conductive metallic layer to the surface of nonconductors. (2) The application of metallic coatings by nonelectrolytic procedures such us spraying of molten metal and deposition from the vapor phase.

Perforation of material in outer space resulting from meteor strikes.

A record obtained from a meteorograph. A chart in which meteorological variables are plotted against time.

An instrument which automatically records the measurement of two or more meteorological elements.

The study of weather patterns in order to predict changes in the weather.

39.37 inches (approximately).

A system of physical units based upon the use of the meter, the metric ton (106 grams), and the second as elementary quantities of length, mass, and time, respectively.

A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas composed of one molecule of Carbon and four of hydrogen, which is highly flammable. It is the main constituent of "natural gas" that is formed naturally by methanogenic, anaerobic bacteria or can be manufactured, and w ...

A clear, colorless, very mobile liquid that is flammable and poisonous; used as a fuel and fuel additive, and to produce chemicals.

2,204.6 pounds or 1,000 kilograms.

A unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms or 2,204.6 pounds.