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Engineering-Terry Jones
Final Exam
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Engineering
10th Grade
01/08/2014

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a unit of speed

Definition

 

 

Knot

Term

 

Rear of the ship

Definition

 

 

Stern

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a type of small boat

Definition

 

 

dighy

Term
Towards the stern
Definition

 

 

Aft

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The kitchen of the ship

Definition

 

 

galley

Term
Top surface of the ship
Definition

 

 

Deck

Term
Height of the ship's hull above waterline
Definition

 

 

Freeboard

Term
Front of the vessel
Definition

 

 

Bow

Term
Line where the hull of the ship meets the water's surface
Definition

 

 

waterline

Term

Weight of water that is equal to the total

weight of the ship

Definition

 

 

Displacement

Term
Angles in the hull
Definition

 

 

Chine

Term

 

a rope that ties something off

Definition

 

 

lanyard

Term
a device for removing water
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bailer

Term
Controls buoyancy and stability
Definition

 

 

ballast

Term
Lower part of a ship's interior
Definition

 

 

Hold

Term
Upper edge of the hull
Definition

 

 

gunwale

Term

an object designed to slow the drift or motion

of a ship, usually made of metal

Definition

 

 

anchor

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Unit of length equal to 6 feet
Definition

 

 

Fathom

Term
When a ship rolls over
Definition

 

 

capsize

Term

 

bottom compartment where water collects and

must be pumped out

Definition

 

 

bilge

Term
upright, watertight wall in a ship
Definition
bulkhead
Term
the aft wall of the stern
Definition

 

 

transom

Term
left side of a ship
Definition

 

 

port

Term
imaginary line down the center
Definition

 

 

centerline

Term

a measure of how efficiently a ship moves

through the water

Definition

 

 

hydrodynamics

Term

 

horizontal direction or heading

Definition

 

 

bearing

Term
Right side of a ship
Definition

 

 

Starboard

Term
An extension of the keel at the forward end of a ship
Definition

 

 

Stem

Term
The width of a vessel at it's widest point
Definition

 

 

beam

Term

Measure of a ship's resistance to capsizing

 

Definition

 

 

stability

Term
depth of a ship's keel that extends below the waterline
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draft

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