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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
Wire rope or tackle secured to the end of a cargo boom, the lower end being secured to the deck, top of bulwark, or to a special post at the ship's side. Used to swing the boom ...
solid floor
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Within a double bottom a transverse framing member comprising a stiffened vertical plate with lightening/access holes.
open floor
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Within a double bottom a transverse framing member of skeleton configuration.
template
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Wood or paper full-size patterns to be placed on materials to indicate the plate edges, etc; also to indicate the curvature to which frames, for example, are to be bent.
bale cubic
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The cubic capacity of a cargo hold measured to the inside of the frames or cargo battens and underside of deck beams.
troichoid
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The curve traced out by a point on the radius of a circle as the circle is rolled along a straight line.
