CL Governmental & Military Abbreviation

Common Law

A law that derives its force and authority from precedent, custom and usage rather than from statutes, particularly with reference to the laws of England and the United States.

Centerline

The longitudinal vertical plane of a vessel. A horizontal foreandaft reference line for athwartship ship measurements, dividing the vessel into two symmetrical halves.

Clinic

Closed Loop

In a control system, a type of control that has an input signal and a feedback of the result of the input signal which is used to modulate the input signal automatically.

Channel

Narrow arm of sea between two land areas. Deepest part of a body of water, and through which main current flows. Longitudinal hollow or cavity. Flat projection from side of a ship to give spread to rigging (usually called 'chains'). Standard rolled steel section in form of three sides of a rectangle

Calling Line

Civil Law

Classification

The separation of ores into fractions according to size and specific gravity, generally in accordance with Stokes' law of sedimentation.or Separation of a metal powder into fractions according to particle size.or The determination that official information requires, in the interests of national security, a specific degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure, coupled with a designation signifying that such a determination has been made. also security classification.

Closed

Having the skin intact with no underlying tissue exposed. Composed entirely of closed tubes or vessels