freeboard

freeboard

the space or distance between the deck of a vessel and the waterline

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freeboard

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(analytical chemistry)

The space provided above the resin bed in an ion-exchange column to allow for expansion of the bed during backwashing.

(chemical engineering)

In a fluidized-bed reactor, the space between the top of the reaction bed and the top of the reactor.

(civil engineering)

The height between normal water level and the crest of a dam or the top of a flume.

(engineering)

The vertical distance in a water tank between the maximum water level and the top of the tank.

(naval architecture)

The vertical distance from the intersection of the top of the freeboard deck amidships with the outer surface of the side plating to the upper edge of the summer load line, or in general terms, the distance from the waterline to the deck.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

freeboard

In a water tank, the vertical distance between the maximum water level and the top of the tank.

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