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Number of Blossarys: 7
English (EN)The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.
Also called pennant and means, a length of wire or rope secured at one end to a mast or spar and having a block or other fitting at the lower end.
Also known as the center of buoyancy, it refers to the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object.
Tow-line refers to a line, hawser, or the like, by which anything (vessel) is or may be towed; another name for towrope.
A structural steel member, usually larger than a strut, whose main function is to withstand axial compressive stresses.
The horizontal distance from the center of mass of a floating body, slightly displaced from the equilibrium position, to a vertical line passing through the center of buoyancy.
The term 'leeway' refers to the drift of a ship or an aircraft to leeward of the course being steered.
By: abbeygrech