Appendix A

CPS PREFERRED SPELLINGS

 Updated August 29, 2014

 

Measurements

0.25 nautical mile
0.5 nautical mile
0.75 nautical mile
1 nautical mile
Abbrev. nm – no ‘s’ on plural form

 

0.5 metre (m)
1 metre
1.5 metres
2 metres
5 metres
10 metres

1 per cent
5 per cent
10 per cent

 

A

air mass – maritime Arctic (mA), continental polar (cP), maritime tropical (mT)
air streams
all-out (adj.)
analogue
antennas (for radio, radar, etc.)      antennae are on bugs
anticyclone
appendices artificial horizon ashore

 

B             

back-up disk (adj) back up slowly (verb) ballpoint
beam-width
Beaufort scale (Force 1)
benefited, benefiting
bevelled, bevelling
build-up (noun); build up (verb) built-in 

C             

cancelled, cancelling; canceller
car-top boats
catalogue; catalogued, cataloguing
cellphone
Chart 1, Training Chart IC/CA 9996 chartwork
chartplotter
chinook
close-hauled
cloudform
computer-based
computer-generated
constellation
continentwide
controlled, controlling; controller
cooperate, cooperation coordinate, coordination
counterclockwise
course made good (CMG)
Course Up cradle-mount crosscurrent
cross-check (noun or verb)
cross-numbering crosshair
cross-reference
cross section
cross-sectional (adj.)
cross track error (XTE)
crosswind
cumuliform

 

D             

daybeacon
day-to-day (adj.); day to day (adv.)
dependent (adj.); dependant (noun)
depth sounder
dew point
dialled, dialling; dialler
dialogue
direct-reading compass
doldrums
Doppler radar
downslope
draft (not draught)

 

E             

earth

earth-centred east

echolocating, echolocation

electromagnetic

equator equator bound

everyday (adj.); every day

extratropical

 

F              

fending-off

ferrocement

fine-tune

first aid (noun and adj.)

fix

fixed-mount

focused, focusing

free-standing if adj.

fuelled, fuelling

fulfil, fulfilment

full-featured

full-coloured

funnelled, funnelling

 

G             

gain control (in radar)

geographical position

geo-stationary

geo-station

gimballed, gimballing

give way(verb)

give-way as in the give-way vessel (adj)

great circle (noun); great-circle (adj.)

GHz

GB (gigabytes)

 

H             

half hitch

halfway

hand bearing compass
handheld
headwind
head room
Head Up
heave to
height-above-the-water
high water level
high-powered (adj.)
horse latitudes
hour circle

I
in-close (adj.); in close
in-depth (adj.); in depth
in-shore wind (adj);
instalment
Internet
intertropical

J
jet stream jibe (not gybe)

 

K
knot (kn) – no ‘s’ on plural form

knotmeter kHz (kilohertz)
kB (kilobytes)
kW (kilowatts)

 

L
labelled, labelling; labeller
land-and-sea-breeze effect
land-based (adj.)
large scale (noun); large-scale latitude
lay-up (noun); lay up (verb)
left-click (computer)
leg-by-leg course went leg by leg
left hand (noun); left-hand (adj.) length overall
levelled, levelling
licence (noun); license (verb)
lifeboat lifebuoy
life-saving (adj.)
liferaft
lift-out (noun); lift out (verb)
lightstation line of sight
line(s) of position
longitude
long-range (adj.)
lookout (noun, adj.); look out (verb)
low level (noun); low-level (adj.)

M
man-made (adj.)
manoeuvre, manoeuvrable, manoeuvring
man-operated
man overboard (MOB) (noun), man-overboard (adj.)
MB (megabytes)
mean sun
Mercator
metre (metric distance or measure)
meter (voltmeter)
MHz (megahertz)
mid-altitude
mid-latitudes
mini-course
moon
multi-hull
monohull
multi-pathing
multi-function
MHz (megahertz)
MW (megawatts)

N             

nautical mile (nm) – no ‘s’ on plural form
nighttime
night vision
non-metal
non-parallelism
non-technical
north
northeast
north pole
North Up
northwest

 

O
occurrence
off-the-beaten-path (adj.), you are off the beaten path
off-course correcting (adj) off course (you are off course)
offshore (wind) blowing off shore
onboard (adj.), on board (adv.)
ongoing
online
onshore
open-ended (adj)  It is open ended.
out-and-back timing
outcrop
out-of-date (chart) Chart is out of date.
out of step
overcharge (battery)
over-exposure
over-the-ground (adj.)
over-zoom 

P
part-time (adj.) He works part time.
patrolled, patrolling; patroller
peace officers
per cent
pick-up (truck) pick up (verb)
planets
plough (not plow)
plummeted, plummeting
polar front
polar high
port-hand bow (adj.) port hand (noun);
powerboat
power-efficient (adj.)
powerpoint
practice (noun); practise (verb)
pre-amplifier
precut
pre-frontal
pre-planned
pre-planning
pre-season
preset

Q
quad-bond
quasi-stationary

R
radar

radar-equipped (adj.)
radiobeacon
rainbearing (cloud)
ratcheted, ratcheting
re-charge
re-established
reclassified
re-install
re-form
refuelled, refuelling
reinforce
reverse-reading compass
rhumb line
right-hand (noun); right hand
right-click (computer)
roofs
rough-and-ready (adj.); rough and ready
running fix
rule of thumb

 

S
seacock
sea level
search and rescue operation
self-contained
self-study
semicircle
semi-permanent
setup (noun), set up (verb)
shore-bound
short circuit
short-range (adj.), short range (noun)
shut-off (noun and adj.); shut off (verb)
skilful
sky-screen
small scale (noun); small-scale (adj.)
snorkel, snorkelling
snow-free
solid-state
sound-producing (adj)
south
southeast
south pole
southwest
speed made good (SMG)
speed-induced
stand-alone (adj.)
stand-on  (adj)  as in stand-on vessel    Stand on the bridge. starboard
starboard-hand (adj.)
step-by-step
straightforward
subdivided
submenu
subnormal
subpolar
subtropical
sun
sunspot
super (as a prefix) – no hyphen, e.g., supertanker