hull balance

hull balance
(of a sailing ship) the property of maintaining satisfactory trim and steering qualities when heeled at a normal angle.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • hull balance — (of a sailing ship) the property of maintaining satisfactory trim and steering qualities when heeled at a normal angle …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hull (watercraft) — Half hull of the 46 gun ship of the line Tigre, build from 1724 in Toulon after plans by Blaise Coulomb A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. Above the hull is the superstructure and/or deckhouse, where present. The line where the hull …   Wikipedia

  • Balance of Terror — NOTOC Infobox Star Trek episode name = Balance of Terror The Romulan Commander agonizes over Captain Kirk s tactical ability series = The Original Series ep num = 14 prod num = 009 remas. num = 1 date = December 15 1966 writer = Paul Schneider… …   Wikipedia

  • Detailed balance — The principle of detailed balance is formulated for kinetic systems which are decomposed into elementary processes (collisions, or steps, or elementary reactions): At equilibrium, each elementary process should be equilibrated by its reverse… …   Wikipedia

  • Tratado Trujillo-Hull — El Tratado Trujillo Hull fue un acuerdo firmado entre los Estados Unidos y la República Dominicana el 24 de septiembre de 1940 entre sus representantes, Rafael Leónidas Trujillo de Rep. Dominicana y los Estados Unidos representado por el… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Cosmic Balance II — Cover art Publisher(s) Strategic Simulations, Inc. Designer(s) Paul Murray …   Wikipedia

  • The Cosmic Balance — is a game created by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1982. It was a computerized turn based version of tactical combat simulation very similar to the Star Fleet Battles pen paper map counter game. While Star Fleet Battles was explicitly set in the …   Wikipedia

  • international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

  • Proa — A proa or prau is a type of multihull sailing vessel. While the word proa just means boat in its native language, the term proa in Western languages has come to describe a vessel consisting of two (usually) unequal length parallel hulls, sailed… …   Wikipedia

  • 2010–11 Derby County F.C. season — Derby County F.C. Season 2010–11 League Football League Championship Manager Nigel Clough Chairman …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”