The raised after deck area of a sailing ship.
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FREEBOARD DECK
Deck to which freeboard is measured
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TO HAUL
To change the course of a sailing vessel to bring the wind farther forward, usually used with up, such as haul up.
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INTERFACIAL TENSION (IFT)
The energy per unit area present at the boundary of two immiscible liquids. It is usually expressed in dynes/cm (ASTM Designation D 971.)
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TWEEN DECK
The space between any two adjacent decks
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HIGH
An area of high pressure. Since a high is, on a synoptic chart, always associated with anticyclonic circulation, the term is used interchangeably with ANTICYCLONE
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HORN ANTENNA
An antenna consisting of a waveguide the cross-sectional area of which increases toward the open end. Often shortened to HORN.
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PERMEABILITY
The relationship of flow per unit area to differential pressure across a filter medium.
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HOLD-UP
The cross-sectional area locally occupied by one of the phases of a multiphase flow, relative to the cross-sectional area of the conduit at the same local position.
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MULTIPHASE FRACTION METER
A device for measuring the phase area fractions of oil, gas and water of a multiphase flow through a cross-section of a conduit.
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PHASE AREA FRACTION
The cross-sectional area locally occupied by one of the phases of a multiphase flow, relative to the cross-sectional area of the conduit at the same local position.
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