prismatic coefficient
Shipbuilding
noun
The ratio of a vessel's underwater volume to the volume of a cuboid having the same length as the vessel and the same cross-section as its maximum underwater cross-section.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- freaky
- freckle
- freckle-faced
- freckly
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- Frederick II
- Fredericksburg
- Frederick William
- Fredericton
- Fred Nerk
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