单词 | half-breadth |
释义 | > as lemmashalf-breadth half-breadth n. a measurement equal to half the breadth of something; (Shipbuilding) the distance of a part of the outer structure from the centre line of the vessel. Π ?1556 L. Digges Tectonicon sig. C The half breadthe or semidiametre of the circle. 1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright iv. 10 If I were to make a Vessell stiff, I would that the Halfe Breadth be more then the draught of Water, which causeth that the Body be stronger in the Water, and will not Slew so easily. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Architecture The breadth of the ship at every top-timber is limited by an horizontal line drawn on the floor-plane, called the half-breadth of the top-timbers. 1920 Pacific Motor Boat Nov. 17/2 Having faired up the waterline on the half breadth as well as possible by the eye, the body plan can now be laid out. 2016 US Official News (Nexis) 31 Mar. Where ordinary frames are configured such that the line of the ordinary frames would be asymmetrical about the centerline of the vessel, breadth measurements are determined by taking half-breadths on the side of the vessel that yields the greatest sectional area at the associated tonnage station, and multiplying those half-breadths by a factor of two to yield the full breadths. half-breadth half-breadth n. (see quot. 1769). ΚΠ 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Architecture, The breadth of the ship at every top-timber is limited by an horizontal line drawn on the floor-plane, called the half-breadth of the top-timbers. < as lemmas |
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