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Advanced Optical Disc, an old name for HD DVD, digital optical media; Argon oxygen decarburization, a process in stainless steel making; Automatic Overdrive transmission, a vehicle transmission; Above Ordnance Datum, a level expressed as a height above mean sea level; Adult Onset Diabetes, a metabolic disorder, characterized by high blood glucose
A delivery order (abbreviated D/O [1]) is a document from a consignee, or an owner or his agent of freight carrier which orders the release of the transportation of cargo to another party. [2]
Tunnel datum is a datum based on an ordnance datum and used in designing tunnels which pass below sea level.. for the London Underground, a tunnel datum of ODN −100 m is used; [7] thus a depth of −60 m AOD is 40 m ATD (above tunnel datum)
AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
raft ship Another name for a disposable ship. rail meat A term used to describe the members of a sailboat crew that are using their body weight to control the angle of heel of the boat. rake To incline from the perpendicular; something so inclined is said to be raked or raking (e.g. a stem, stern, mast, funnel, etc.). ram 1.
ISO 6346 is an international standard covering the coding, identification and marking of intermodal (shipping) containers used within containerized intermodal freight transport by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). [1]
A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship that has historically served numerous purposes, such as identifying the vessel's mode of propulsion, purpose, or ownership/nationality. In the modern environment, prefixes are cited inconsistently in civilian service, whereas ...
A shipping line or shipping company is a company whose line of business is ownership and operation of ships. Shipping companies provide a method of distinguishing ships by different kinds of cargo: Bulk cargo is a type of special cargo that is delivered and handled in large quantities.