light displacement
1light displacement — The displacement in tons of the ship complete with all outfit, equipment, and machinery on board but excluding all fuel, water in tanks, cargo, stores, passengers, dunnage, and the crew and their effects. The light condition displacement includes …
2light displacement — noun : the displacement of a ship completely equipped but unladen * * * Naut. the weight of a ship with all its permanent equipment, excluding the weight of cargo, persons, ballast, dunnage, and fuel, but usually including the weight of permanent …
3light displacement — Naut. the weight of a ship with all its permanent equipment, excluding the weight of cargo, persons, ballast, dunnage, and fuel, but usually including the weight of permanent ballast and water used to operate steam machinery. Also called light… …
4light displacement tonnage — noun the mass of a ship when it is empty, measured in tons. Also, light ship weight …
5light displacement mass — noun the mass of a ship when it is empty, measured in tonnes …
6Displacement (ship) — As weight is added to a ship, it submerges. Designated displacement is the ship s weight when fully loaded and submerged to her load lines. A ship s displacement is its weight[1] at any given time, generally expressed in metric tons or long tons …
7displacement — The total volume of air displaced by all the pistons in travelling from BDC to TDC, i.e., the total volume of air and fuel the cylinder can hold before compression occurs. Also called piston displacement. Also see cubic inch displacement engine… …
8light draft — Naut. the draft of a vessel at its light displacement. [1865 70] * * * …
9light weight — Naut. See light displacement. [1765 75] * * * …
10light weight — See light displacement …
