a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of a ship to reduce turbulence
another name for bulb (sense 6)
Examples of 'bulbous bow' in a sentence
bulbous bow
As design variables, we considered the protrusion and immersion of the bulbous bow, and we used surrogate-based optimization.
Joel Guerrero, Alberto Cominetti, Jan Pralits, Diego Villa 2018, 'Surrogate-Based Optimization Using an Open-Source Framework: The Bulbous Bow ShapeOptimization Case', Mathematical and Computational Applicationshttp://www.mdpi.com/2297-8747/23/4/60. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)