NOUN | act | shipbuilding, ship building | the construction of ships |
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Sounds | shih'pbih.ldihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | The construction of ships. | |
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Synonym | ship building | |
Category of | metacenter, metacentre | (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side |
metacentric | Of or relating to the metacenter | |
Broader | construction, building | The act of constructing something |
Spanish | construcción naval | |
Catalan | construcció naval |
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