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Turbines or engines in which gas expands, does work, and undergoes a drop in temperature.

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ACRONYM - MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS

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TIME

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To throw an oar out of the rowlock, and raise it perpendicularly on its end, and lay it down in the boat, with its blade forward.

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The bearing which supports the propeller shaft where it emerges from the ship.

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The latest time cargo may be delivered to a terminal for loading to a scheduled train or ship.

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Long-range navigation system that uses radio signals transmitted at specific times. An onboard receiver computes position by measuring the difference in time of signal reception. This system is being phased out in favor of GPS.

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A design in which the forestay runs to the top of the mast.

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The horsepower input to the compressor shaft, or more generally to any driven machine shaft.

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A location where one carrier delivers freight to another carrier.

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Loan issued against some security

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The pressure which overcomes the total resistances in a system. It includes all losses as well as useful work.

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To take a boat into water that is too shallow for it to float in, i.e: the bottom of the boat is resting on the ground.

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The power required at the compressor drive shaft. Losses in external transmissions such as gears and belt drives are not included.

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Used in meteorology to describe boundaries between hot and cold air masses. This is typically where bad weather is found.

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Straps to hook your feet under in cockpit when hiking out.

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The rate (in liters or gallons per minute, cubic meters or cubic feet per second, or other quantity per time unit) Air related flows are usually expressed in CFM, SCFM, ACFM, ICFM

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Sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up in the form of a wave. also known as Eagre.

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Small, steep disorderly waves at rapid intervals.

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Daily; occurring once a day.

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