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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.shipbuildingshipbuilding - 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 [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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The boat, indeed, seemed to be animated with almost human intelligence, so promptly did it obey the slightest touch; and Dantes required but a short trial of his beautiful craft to acknowledge that the Genoese had not without reason attained their high reputation in the art of shipbuilding.
But why, unless for the love of the life those effigies shared with us in their wandering impassivity, should one try to reproduce in words an impression of whose fidelity there can be no critic and no judge, since such an exhibition of the art of shipbuilding and the art of figure-head carving as was seen from year's end to year's end in the open-air gallery of the New South Dock no man's eye shall behold again?
Her monstrosities in the way of cattle would have taken prizes at an agricultural fair, and the perilous pitching of her vessels would have produced seasickness in the most nautical observer, if the utter disregard to all known rules of shipbuilding and rigging had not convulsed him with laughter at the first glance.
 
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