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stability
stability is the ability of a ship to return to an upright position after being heeled by an external force, such as a weight being placed aboard or by rough sea conditions. If a ship is inclined at an angle and then naturally returns to the upright, it is known as being stable. Should the ship... Read more |
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Lewisham
Lewisham , inner borough (1991 pop. 215,300) of Greater London, SE England, on the Thames. It is mainly residential with a large shopping center, but there is some light engineering. Lewisham, which was noted in Elizabethan times for its cattle market and royal dockyard, trades in timber. The writer... Read more |
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conning tower
conning tower. 1. The armoured control centre of a major warship after the change from wood to iron and steel from which, originally, the ship was navigated in battle. Later, with the increasing sophistication of weapons and their control, it also became the centre of communications with the guns... Read more |
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geological oceanography
geological oceanography is the study of the rocks and sediments that compose the seabed. Two hundred million years ago there was a single great ocean surrounding one great continent, Pangea. The theory of plate tectonics describes the mechanism that led to the break-up of Pangea and the development... Read more |
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University of Strathclyde
University of Strathclyde at Glasgow, Scotland; founded 1796 as Anderson's Institution. In 1886 its name was changed to Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, and in 1956 it became known as Royal College of Science and Technology. It was affiliated with the Univ. of Glasgow from 1913... Read more |
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bullseye
bullseye. 1. A circular piece of lignum vitae, hollowed in the centre to take a rope and grooved round the outside to accommodate a strop which enables it to be fixed in position where required. Its main purpose is to change the lead, or direction, of a rope in cases where a block for this purpose... Read more |
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diocese of Saint Davids
St Davids, diocese of. The cathedral of St David, which still houses the bones of the patron saint of Wales, is one of the outstanding buildings in the principality. On the site of David's monastery, famous as a centre of learning and for the austerity of its community life, the present cathedral... Read more |
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