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abaft: behind any relative object or bearing, e.g. abaft the beam
Category: Transport

abaft: Behind a horizontal line drawn through the middle of a ship at right angles to the keel.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

aft: in,near,or toward the stern of a vessel
Category: Transport

aft: At or towards the stern or after part of a ship,as a word either of position or motion.A winch may be mounted aft(an expression of position)and crew sent aft to man it(an expression of motion).
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

after: film defect in which the coated surface,having once reached a surface dry stage,remains tacky or subsequently develops a sticky condition
Category: The chemical industry

after: A band on a stocking,following the welt,in which there is a variation of quality,stitch,and/or yarn,
Category: Various industries and crafts

after: the treatments and care given to wines after the primary fermentation
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

after: 1)for a shutdown reactor,the heat resulting from residual radioactivity and fission 2)for reactor fuel or reactor components after removal from the reactor,the heat resulting from residual radioactivity
Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)

after: taste,often unpleasant,left in the mouth by some wines after they have been tasted
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

after: for a sheet-down reactor,the power corresponding to the afterheat
Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)

after: combination of sensations perceived after the stimulus has disappeared from the mouth and which differs from the sensations perceived beforehand
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

after: after tax has been paid
Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs

after-annealing: heat treatment after removal from the mould
Category: The chemical industry

after-sale: services given by the supplier to his customer after the sale of equipment or software
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

after-sale: a term referring to the responsibility of the supplier to the customer after the customer has bought equipment from him
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

after-sales: services given by the supplier to his customer after the sale of equipment or software
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

after-sales: a term referring to the responsibility of the supplier to the customer after the customer has bought equipment from him
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

after-taste: combination of sensations perceived after the stimulus has disappeared from the mouth and which differs from the sensations perceived beforehand
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

after-tax: the ratio of net income to net sales
Category: Commerce - movement of goods

after-tax: the net yield obtained from nominal rate of return after tax minus the inflation rate
Category: Commerce - movement of goods

after-treatment: the passing of dyed material through a chemical solution in order to improve fastness of the color or to help in obtaining the shade desired.
Category: The chemical industry

after-welt: A band on a stocking,following the welt,in which there is a variation of quality,stitch,and/or yarn,
Category: Various industries and crafts

afterbay: a dam constructed to regulate the discharges from an upstream power plant
Category: Building industry

afterbody: the rear portion of a fuselage or nacelle downstream of the section of maximum cross-sectional area
Category: Transport

afterburner: a device for augmenting the thrust of a jet engine by burning additional fuel in the uncombined oxygen in the gases from the turbine
Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)

afterburning: the burning of residual solid propellant in a rocket motor after the main burning and thrust have ceased
Category: Defense

afterdeck: Part of a deck extending abaft the midship portion of a vessel.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

afterflame: The continuation of the flame of a burning material after the cessation of the source of ignition
Category: Management in the public and private sector

afterglow: The continuation of glowing of a burning material after the cessation of flaming
Category: Management in the public and private sector

afterglow: stage in the alpine glow, namely the illumination of mountain tops by diffusely reflected radiation caused by the purple light.
Category: The cosmos

afterglow: broad high arch of radiance seen occasionally in the western sky above the highest clouds in deepening twilight.
Category: The cosmos

afterimage: visual sensation occuring when the light or the stimulation on a screen display is not present anymore
Category: News-systems and communications

aftermath: the plant residue or plant regrowth after a crop has been grazed or harvested
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

afternoon: work performed principally between 5 pm and midnight
Category: Law

afternoon: Watch on a ship from noon to 4 p.m.
Category: Management in the public and private sector

afterpeak: The space between the aftmost transverse watertight bulkhead and the stern frame. It is frequently used as a trimming tank, or as a freshwater tank.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

aftershave: a perfumed preparation applied to the skin after shaving.
Category: Domestic economy

aftershocks: a series of small seismic waves of the Earth`s crust following the main earthquake in a given area; The opposite of foreshocks
Category: Management in the public and private sector

AFTN: a station forming part of the aeronautical telecommunication network(AFTN)and operating as such under the authority or control of a State
Category: News-systems and communications

aircraft: Any machine that can drive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air other than the reactions of the air against the earth`s surface.
Category: Transport

aircraft: un aeroplane,helicopter or airship;2)any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air other than the reactions of the air against the earth`s surface
Category: General

Aircraftsman: Non-officer personnel in category OR-1,UK Royal Air Force(1).Idem in US Air Force(2).
Category: Management in the public and private sector

antiaircraft: the tactical headquarters of an antiaircraft commander. The agency provided to collect and evaluate information; and disseminate intelligence for the antiaircraft defence, and through which operational control over subordinate units is exercised
Category: Defense

autograft: graft originated from,and applied to,the same individual
Category: Medicine

backdraft: a valve on the ring main or hot blast main of a blast furnace
Category: Iron and steel industries

backdraft: a vertical pipe on the backdrafting valve of a blast furnace
Category: Iron and steel industries

backdrafting: a vertical pipe on the backdrafting valve of a blast furnace
Category: Iron and steel industries

camshaft: shaft to which cams are keyed,or on which keys have been formed integrally
Category: Transport

countershaft: an intermediate shaft interposed between parallel driving and driven shafts in a belt drive,together with the pulleys mounted on it.A countershaft is used either to obtain a different speed ratio,or to take the place of a direct drive where such is impossible,or to provide a means of starting and stopping the assembly
Category: Mechanical engineering

crankshaft: the crankshaft,together with the connecting rod,converts the power delivered to the piston by the burning gases from an up-and-down(reciprocating)motion to a rotary motion
Category: Mechanical engineering

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