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shipbuilding
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ship·build·ing  (shpbldng)
n.
The art or business of designing and constructing ships.

shipbuilder n.
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Noun1.shipbuilding - the construction of shipsshipbuilding - the construction of ships            
construction, building - the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
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; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship
metacentric - of or relating to the metacenter
Translations
shipbuilding [ˈʃɪpˌbɪldɪŋ] Nconstrucción f marina

shipbuilding [ˈʃɪpbɪldɪŋ] nconstruction f navale
ship canal ncanal m maritime
ship chandler nfournisseur m maritime, shipchandler m

shipbuilding [ˈʃɪpˌbɪldɪŋ] ncostruzione f navale

shipbuilding بناء السفن loďařství skibsbyggeri Schiffbau ναυπηγική construcción naval laivanrakennus construction navale brodogradnja ingegneria navale 造船 조선 scheepsbouw skipsbygging budownictwo okrętowe construção naval кораблестроение skeppsbyggnad การสร้างเรือ gemi yapımı ngành đóng tàu 造船业


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GAO examined (1) the design concepts included in the CG(X) Analysis of Alternatives, (2) how each ship design concept addresses threats that cause capability gaps for maritime air and missile defense, and (3) how the Navy's methodology and assumptions affect its estimates of the relative costs for conventional and nuclear cruisers.
The station would carry out research for anything linked to the naval industry, ship design and instrumentation.
Up until the nineteenth century there was virtually no demand for the application of scientific principles to ship design among those actually building or operating ships.
 
 
 
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