Waterline

Waterline

The intersection of the hull and the surface of the water.

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waterline

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A juncture of land and sea. This line migrates, changing with the tide or other fluctuation in the water level. Where waves are present on the beach, this line is also known as ...

waterline

Transportation; Boats & ships

The intersection of the hull and the surface of the water.

waterline

Sports; Sailing & yachting

A line that is painted on the hull of a boat that indicates where the boat should float in the water when it is properly trimmed.

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Aviation; Aeronautics

A horizontal reference line used in lofting (laying out the contour of an airplane fuselage). Waterline zero (WL 0) is used as the reference, and measurements above this line are ...

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Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

The line of the water's edge when the ship is afloat; technically, the intersection of any horizontal plane with the molded form.

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Automotive; Automobile

The line on the lines plan of a ship, representing the intersection of the ship's form with the plane of the water surface when the ship is floating at the summer freeboard draft ...

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Transportation; Boats &ships

Distance a boat can travel at cruising speed on a tank of fuel. Also, the distance to an object. Lastly, in intracoastal navigation, a set of two markers that, when lined up one ...

variation

Transportation; Boats &ships

Compass variable that accounts for the difference in degrees between true north and magnetic north.

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