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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 ...
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
Negative Pressure test: A test performed to determine the integrity of wells. Performed by exploration rigs prior to continuing on to other sites. A good test is one that starts at 0 psi, operated at 0 psi, and ends at 0 psi. Any test that does not start and end at 0, is considered a bad test. Nipple: Short length of pipe.
"It's been a lot of talking people down and trying to bring people up," Stokes said. After a mass shooting took the lives of 10 people at the Tops Supermarket just down the street from his home ...
Australian soldiers in a front-line trench during World War I.Photograph taken by Capt. F. Hurley, sometime between August 1917 and August 1918.. A front line (alternatively front-line or frontline) in military terminology is the position(s) closest to the area of conflict of an armed force's personnel and equipment, usually referring to land forces.
“I could see us doing [a vaccine mandate] if people were dying like crazy,” said one worker who has resisted calls from his employer to get vaccinated. Food workers were on the front lines.
They work diligently through high-stress situations and the aftermath, including sometimes widespread power outages. ... Letter: Thank lineworkers, first responders after storms, power outages ...
It involves procedured request, review, authorization, documenting and, most importantly, de-conflicting of tasks to be carried out by front line workers. It ensures affected personnel are aware of the nature of the work and the hazards associated with it, all safety precautions have been put in place before starting the task, and the work has ...