Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary adopted by IMO for communications on board ship as well as for those between ship and shore
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BUMPKIN
The spar projecting from stern of ship
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TRAMP FREIGHTER
A cargo ship engaged in the tramp trade.
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CORDAGE
Ropes in the rigging of a ship
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WEATHER SIDE
The side of a ship exposed to the wind.
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EMISSION SPECTROMETER
Works on the basis that atoms of metallic and other particular elements emit light at characteristic wavelengths when they are excited in a flame, arc, or spark. Excited light is directed through an entrance slit in the spectrometer. This light penetrates the slit, falls on a grate, and is dispersed and reflected. The spectrometer is calibrated by a series of standard samples containing known amounts of the elements of interest. By exciting these standard samples, an analytical curve can be established which gives the relationship between the light intensity and its concentration in the fluid.
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DOGWATCH
A short, evening period of watch duty on a ship
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FABRICATION INTEGRITY POINT
The differential gas pressure at which the first stream of gas bubbles are emitted from a wetted filter element under standard test conditions.
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ISO VISCOSITY GRADE
A number indicating the nominal viscosity of an industrial fluid lubricant at 40°C (104°F) as defined by ASTM Standard Viscosity System for Industrial Fluid Lubricants D 2422. Essentially identical to ISO Standard 3448.
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GROIN
A structure (usually one of a group) extending approximately perpendicular from a shore to protect the shore from erosion by tides currents, or waves or to trap sand for making a beach.
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FARDAGE
A wood placed in bottom of ship to keep cargo dry
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