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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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girth
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Any expanded length, such as the length of a frame from gunwale to gunwale.
heat exchanger
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Any item of equipment that serves the purpose of using one fluid to heat or cool another. A radiator is a common example.
epoxy resin
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Any of a group of materials derived by polymerization of certain epoxy chemicals.
standard section
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Any rolled structural member in a form readily available from a mill.
ballast
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Any solid or liquid weight placed in a ship to increase the draft, to change the trim, or to regulate the stability.
stuelcken gear
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Heavy lift cargo gear consisting of a pair of freestanding masts, flared, with a boom hinged between them on the centerline capable of use either abaft or forward of the masts.
