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RESERVE FLOTTABILITE [7 records]

Record 1 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydroplanes and Hydrofoils
  • Transportation
DEF

Buoyancy in excess required to keep an undamaged craft afloat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydroglisseurs et hydroptères
  • Transports

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underwater Diving (Sports)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plongée sous-marine (Sports)
DEF

Pour un corps flottant, telle une coque de navire, poids qu'il convient d'ajouter pour obtenir une immersion totale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Buceo (Deportes)
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Record 3 2010-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
OBS

voile

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Oil Drilling
DEF

The buoyancy above the waterline that keeps a floating vessel upright or seaworthy when the vessel is subjected to wind, waves, currents, and other forces of nature or when the vessel is subjected to accidental flooding.

DEF

Excess of the buoyancy over the weight of a seaplane with its hull or floats completely immersed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Quantité exprimée par le volume émergé de la coque d'un navire et qui donne la mesure de l'accroissement de poids qu'il peut encore supporter sans sombrer.

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
CONT

The freeboard, and corresponding reserve displacement, act as a damping device on a normal surface vessel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
CONT

Sur un bâtiment normal, le franc-bord et la réserve de flottabilité correspondante jouent le rôle d'amortisseur.

Spanish

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Record 6 1988-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

Part of an oceanographic instrument mooring.

OBS

Source: BIO Review 86.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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