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A document listing the cargo, passengers, and crew of a ship for the use of customs and other officials. Marconi rig An archaic term for Bermuda rig. The mainsail is triangular, rigged fore-and-aft with its luff fixed to the mast. The foresail is a staysail hanked onto the forestay. Refers to the similarity of the tall mast to a radio aerial ...
The word nautical derives from the Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from nautēs: "sailor", from naus: "ship". Further information on nautical terminology may also be found at Nautical metaphors in English, and additional military terms are listed in the Multiservice tactical brevity code article.
It also should not use excess verbiage ("Glossary of key terms in the discipline", etc.) – keep it simple. A plain ==Glossary== is fine in most cases. If the glossary would be 5 terms or fewer, it is probably better to define the terms concisely in context in the prose of the article, instead of using a glossary.
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MEI – Music Encoding Initiative file format that attempts to encode all musical notations; MIDI – MIDI file format that is a music sheet for instruments; MUS, MUSX – Finale sheet music file; MXL, XML – MusicXML standard sheet music exchange format; MSCX, MSCZ – MuseScore sheet music file; SMDL – Standard Music Description Language ...
A paper document between a shipper and a carrier acknowledging the receipt of goods for transport. Usually describes the nature of the cargo; hazardous materials classification (if any); amount of cargo by weight, size, and/or number of pallets, boxes, barrels, etc; and the origin and destination of the cargo. [3] [4] Bobtailing
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