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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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rabbet
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A groove, depression, or offset in a member into which the end or edge of another member is fitted, generally so that the two surfaces are flush. A rabbet in the stem or stern ...
rudder horn
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A heavy casting or weldment projecting down from the hull immediately abaft the propeller, to support the gudgeon fitted to take the single pintle of a semi-balanced rudder.
anchor
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A heavy forging or casting so shaped as to grip the sea bottom, and by means of a cable or rope, hold a ship or other floating structure in a desired position regardless of wind ...
shoe
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A heavy longitudinal brace supporting the lower edge of the rudder.
systems analysis
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A methodical design procedure aimed at decisions that will maximize the object's value in the face of the constraints.
Simpson's multipliers
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A methodical series of numbers which, when applied to an array of measurements, will provide products that are needed in applying Simpson's rule.
