To move or appear to move together. An order is sometimes given by a flagship for a vessel to close to yards, or miles. When a craft moves onto a range, the objects forming the range appear to move closer together or close. The opposite is OPEN.
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AFT
Back of the vessel.
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ASTERN
A backward movement of a vessel
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ATHWARTSHIP
Across the ship, at right angles to the fore-and-aft centerline
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UPBOUND
A vessel traveling upstream.
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ALUM
Is an aluminum sulfate or filter alum. Acts in the range of 5.0 to 8.0 pH.
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ISO SOLID CONTAMINANT CODE (ISO 4406)
A code assigned on the basis of the number of particles per unit volume greater than 5 and 15 micrometers in size. Range numbers identify each increment in the particle population throughout the spectrum of levels.
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BEAM
The width of a ship. Also called breadth.
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BREADTH
The width of a ship.
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AFFREIGHTMENT
A hiring of a vessel
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CATAMARAN
A double hulled vessel
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