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Words related to ballast

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  • ballast pocket

    a depression that is formed beneath the ballast layer by penetration of ballast particles into the subgrade and that tends to collect moisture.

  • ballast line

    the level to which a vessel is immersed when in ballast.

  • ballast resistor

    ballast (def 5a).

  • light displacement

    the weight of a ship with all its permanent equipment, excluding the weight of cargo, persons, ballast, dunnage, and fuel, but usually including the weight of permanent ballast and water used to operate steam machinery.

  • bathyscaphe

    a navigable, submersible vessel for exploring the depths of the ocean, having a separate, overhead chamber filled with gasoline for buoyancy and iron or steel weights for ballast.

  • box keel

    a keel in the form of a box beam and having internal space for pipes, ballast, etc.
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