shifting-centre

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See meta-centre.

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  • Shifting

    ·adj Adapted or used for shifting anything. II. Shifting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Shift>>. III. Shifti...

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  • shifting

    Shuffling. Tricking. Shifting cove; i.e. a person who lives by tricking. ...

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  • Centre

    ·vi To be placed in a center; to be central. II. Centre ·noun & ·v ·see <<Center>>. III. Centre ·v...

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  • centre

    (usually CENTER) The division of a fleet between the van and the rear of the line of battle, and b...

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  • shifting ballast

    A term used by sailors, to signify soldiers, passengers, or any landsmen on board. ...

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  • ballast-shifting

    When by heavy rolling the ballast shifts in the hold. ...

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  • shifting ballast

    Pigs of iron, bags of sand, &c., used for ballast, and capable of being moved to trim the vessel. Al...

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  • shifting-boards

    One or more wooden bulk-heads in a vessel's hold, put up fore-and-aft, and firmly supported, for pre...

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  • shifting sand

    A bank, of which the sand, being incoherent, is subject to removal or being driven about by the viol...

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  • shifting winds

    Variable breezes, mostly light. ...

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  • Centre punch

    ·add. ·- A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct ...

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  • Centre seal

    ·add. ·- A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers...

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  • meta-centre

    That point in a ship where a vertical line drawn from the centre of cavity cuts a line perpendicular...

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  • shifting a tackle

    The act of removing the blocks of a tackle to a greater distance from each other, in order to extend...

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  • shifting the messenger

    Changing its position on the capstan from right to left, or vice versâ. ...

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  • centre of buoyancy, of displacement , and of immersion, of cavity

    , are synonymous terms in naval architecture for the mean centre of that part of a vessel which is i...

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  • centre of immersion, of displacement , and of buoyancy, of cavity

    , are synonymous terms in naval architecture for the mean centre of that part of a vessel which is i...

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  • centre of displacement, of immersion, and of buoyancy, of cavity

    , are synonymous terms in naval architecture for the mean centre of that part of a vessel which is i...

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  • centre of cavity, of displacement, of immersion, and of buoyancy

    , are synonymous terms in naval architecture for the mean centre of that part of a vessel which is i...

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  • centre of gravity

    , or balancing point See gravity, centre of. ...

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  • centre of motion

    See motion (centre of). ...

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  • gravity, centre of

    The centre of gravity of a ship is that point about which all parts of the body, in any situation, b...

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  • motion, centre of

    That point of a body which remains at rest whilst all the other parts are in motion about it: as the...

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  • shifting backstays, also preventer

    Those which can be changed from one side of a ship to the other, as the occasion demands. ...

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  • angle of the centre

    In fortification, the angle formed at the centre of the polygon by lines drawn from thence to the po...

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  • equation of the centre

    The difference between the true and mean anomalies of a planet. ...

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