Shipbuilding

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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two-stroke engine

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

In reciprocating prime movers, one in which the energy is applied once during every complete revolution.

headlog

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

In river craft of rectangular shape, the horizontal member at the extreme end between the rake shell plating and the deck. Usually a vertical plate of considerable thickness owing ...

rider plate

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

In single bottom ships, a continuous flat plate attached to the top of the center vertical keel..

quenching

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

In steelmaking, an operation consisting of heating the material to a certain temperature and holding at that temperature to obtain desired crystalline structure, and then rapidly ...

forward

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

In the direction of the stem.

amidships

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

In the vicinity of the midlength of a ship as distinguished from the ends. Technically it is exactly half way between the forward and the after perpendiculars. Also a helm order ...