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Shipbuilding
The design, construction and maintenance of both commercial and military ships and floating vessels in shipyards or other marine facilities.
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Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The deviation from a straight line or the amount of curvature of a sheer line, deck line, beam camber, etc., an elastic body or device which recovers its original shape when ...
designed displacement
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The displacement of a vessel when floating at her designed draft.
full load displacement
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The displacement of a vessel when floating at her greatest allowable draft as established by the classification societies.
span
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The distance between any two similar members, as the span of the frames. The length of a member between its supports, as the span of a girder. A rope whose ends are both made fast ...
molded edge
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The edge of a ship’s frame which comes in contact with the skin, and is represented in the drawings.
propeller thrust
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The effort delivered by a propeller in pushing a vessel ahead.
