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freeboard the space or distance between the deck of a vessel and the waterline freeboard [¦frē‚bȯrd] (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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But Jerry was to know Harley Kennan, and quickly, for it was Harley Kennan, a bowline around his body under his arm-pits, lowered by a couple of seamen down the generous freeboard of the Ariel, who gathered in by the nape of the neck the smooth-coated Irish terrier that, treading water perpendicularly, had no eyes for him so eagerly did he gaze at the line of faces along the rail in quest of the one face. |
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