center keel

  • 1keel — The principal fore and aft component of a ship s framing located along the centerline of the bottom and connected to the stem and stern frames. Also see bilge keel center vertical keel even keel flat plate keel …

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  • 2center girder — A vertical plate on the ship s centerline between the flat keel and inner bottom extending the length of the ship. Also called center vertical keel …

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  • 3keel — I. verb Etymology: Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan, from cōl cool Date: before 12th century chiefly dialect cool II. noun Etymology: Middle English kele, from Middle Dutch kiel; akin to Old English cēol ship …

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  • 4center vertical keel — See center girder …

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  • 5Keel effect — In AviationThe result of the lift being above the center of gravity (aircraft) in high wing aircraft. Results in a tendency for the aircraft to return to level flight when the aircraft is put into a bank. Low wing aircraft use wing dihedral to… …

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  • 6John Keel — Infobox Paranormalpeople1 Class = Paranormal Researcher Image Caption = Name = John A. Keel Born = birth date|1930|3|25|mf=y Blocation = Died = Dlocation = Phd = Djob = journalist Pjob = parapsychologist, ufologist Affiliates =|John Alva Keel… …

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  • 7fin keel — noun a metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stability • Hypernyms: ↑plate • Hyponyms: ↑centerboard, ↑centreboard, ↑drop keel, ↑sliding keel • Part Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 8Mike Fink Keel Boats — et River Rogue Keelboats sont des attractions des parcs à thèmes Disney consistant en plusieurs embarcations naviguant sur les Rivers of the Far West de Frontierland. Les embarcations sont constituées de bois et peuvent contenir environ 30… …

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  • 9Main center — Main Main (m[=a]n), a. [From {Main} strength, possibly influenced by OF. maine, magne, great, L. magnus. Cf. {Magnate}.] 1. Very or extremely strong. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] That current with main fury ran. Daniel. [1913 Webster] 2. Vast; huge.… …

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  • 10Main keel — Main Main (m[=a]n), a. [From {Main} strength, possibly influenced by OF. maine, magne, great, L. magnus. Cf. {Magnate}.] 1. Very or extremely strong. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] That current with main fury ran. Daniel. [1913 Webster] 2. Vast; huge.… …

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