Athwartship vertical rise between the keel and the bilge
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SPREAD
The divergence of the air stream in a horizontal or vertical plane after it leaves the outlet.
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CAMBER
The rise of a deck, athwartship
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GYROSCOPIC DRIFT
The horizontal rotation of the spin axis of a gyroscope about the vertical axis
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HEAVE
The oscillatory vertical rise and fall, due to the entire hull being lifted by the force of the sea. Also called HEAVING
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HEAVE
The oscillatory vertical rise and fall, due to the entire hull being lifted by the force of the sea. Also called HEAVING
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FILTER LIFE TEST
A type of filter capacity test in which a clogging contaminant is added to the influent of a filter, under specified test conditions, to produce a given rise in pressure drop across the filter or until a specified reduction of flow is reached. Filter life may be expressed as test time required to reach terminal conditions at a specified contaminant addition rate.
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CAPILLARITY
A property of a solid-liquid system manifested by the tendency of the liquid in contact with the solid to rise above or fall below the level of the surrounding liquid; this phenomenon is seen in a small bore (capillary) tube.
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HEIGHT OF TIDE
Vertical distance from the chart sounding datum to the water surface at any stage of the tide. It is positive if the water level is higher than the chart sounding datum. The vertical distance from the chart sounding datum to a high water datum is called RISE OF TIDE.
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HEIGHT OF TIDE
Vertical distance from the chart sounding datum to the water surface at any stage of the tide. It is positive if the water level is higher than the chart sounding datum. The vertical distance from the chart sounding datum to a high water datum is called RISE OF TIDE.
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HEELING ERROR INSTRUMENT
Heeling adjuster. Also called VERTICAL FORCE INSTRUMENT
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