(1) A point of sail between close-hauled and a run, with the wind coming from abeam. (2) A distance, or fetch. (3) Straight stretch of water between two bends in a river or channel.

This term is used for turbo compressors and represents the maximum flow condition. It is sometimes also referred to as stonewalling.

A card labeling the 360

The A.S.M.E. Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.

A valve that controls the flow in air lines.

A sail attached to the forestay as opposed to a jib which is attached to the headstay.

Shapes such as angle bars or stringers welded to a surface such as a plated bulkhead to increase rigidity.

This property of a gas is the weight of air or gas per unit volume. Unless specified, it refers in compressor practice to the weight per unit volume at conditions of total temperature, total pressure and composition which prevail at the compressor intake.

(1) A stock of merchandise advanced to a dealer and located at his place of business, but with title remaining in the source of supply.(2) A shipment of goods to a consignee.

A factor expressing the deviation of gas from the laws of hydraulics.

Another term for first mate.

The hull without the outside and inside plating.

A four-sided fore-and-aft sail set on a sprit.

To call out.

A region of relatively shallow water surrounding a land mass where the depth increases gradually before it plunges into the deeps of the ocean.

As close to the wind as possible, with all sails full, and no wrinkles in them.

An auxiliary volume that may be opened to the clearance space for increasing the clearance, usually temporarily, to reduce the volumetric efficiency of the compressor.

Any paint gun which uses air flowing over an opening to create a vacuum to draw paint up a tube to be atomized.

The shaft input per unit of compressor capacity.

An extension of the keel for protection of propeller and rudder.