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Windward side of a vessel.

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The pressure encountered on the return side of a system.

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Sailing too close to the wind

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Is a compression in which the temperature of a gas remains constant.

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Is another term for saturated vapor pressure.

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(1) A false keel. (2) The projection of the keel abaft the stern frame where the spindle of the rudder rests.

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Loose and broken ice in bays, or along exposed edges of floes.

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Pin

The metal axle of a block upon which the sheave revolves.

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Single tariff item, established to move multiple commodities needed for a specified project, usually construction.

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The recognition of a person by his recognizable characteristics (originally, the shape of the nose)

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Ice broken into pieces, and projecting very little above sea level.

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Anything that is straightforward and easy.

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A bridge that swings away from the waterway so that boats may pass beside it.

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The difference between the discharge pressure and the intake pressure.

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The mechanical power required to compress polytropically and to deliver, through the specified range of pressures, the gas delivered by the compressor.

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Structural members on the longitudinal sides of the base of the container.

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In spray painting, the process of applying the final coat of paint at a lower air pressure. Used to uniform a finish or blending.

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Place where cargo leaves the care and custody of carrier.

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PPM

A measurement. Parts per million

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Observing with the eye. Applied to a document, means examining and signing as evidence of satisfaction as to its authenticity.

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