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41Metacentric height — Ship Stability diagram showing centre of gravity (G), centre of buoyancy (B), and metacentre (M) with ship upright and heeled over to one side. Note that for small angles, G and M are fixed, while B moves as the ship heels, and for big angles B… …
42Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …
43Hull speed — Hull speed, sometimes referred to as displacement speed, is the speed of a boat at which the bow and stern waves interfere constructively, creating relatively large waves, and thus a relatively large value of wave drag. Though the term hull speed …
44locomotion — /loh keuh moh sheuhn/, n. the act or power of moving from place to place. [1640 50; see LOCOMOTIVE, MOTION] * * * Any of various animal movements that result in progression from one place to another. Locomotion is classified as either… …
45Car handling — and vehicle handling is a description of the way wheeled vehicles perform transverse to their direction of motion, particularly during cornering and swerving. It also includes their stability when moving in a straight line. Handling and braking… …
46Шехтер, Роберт — Роберт Шехтер (1947, Харьков) советский и шведский физик. Родился на Украине. Окончил Харьковский университет (1965). Специальность «Теоретическая физика, физика твёрдого тела». В 1970 году в Харьковском университете защитил кандидатскую… …
47Роберт Шехтер — (1947, Харьков) советский и шведский физик. Родился на Украине. Окончил Харьковский университет (1965). Специальность «Теоретическая физика, физика твёрдого тела». В 1970 году в Харьковском университете защитил кандидатскую диссертацию на тему:… …
48Шехтер Роберт — Роберт Шехтер (1947, Харьков) советский и шведский физик. Родился на Украине. Окончил Харьковский университет (1965). Специальность «Теоретическая физика, физика твёрдого тела». В 1970 году в Харьковском университете защитил кандидатскую… …
49physical science — physical scientist. 1. any of the natural sciences dealing with inanimate matter or with energy, as physics, chemistry, and astronomy. 2. these sciences collectively. [1835 45] * * * Introduction the systematic study of the inorganic world …
50protozoan — /proh teuh zoh euhn/, n., pl. protozoans, (esp. collectively) protozoa / zoh euh/, adj. Biol. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are… …
