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launching [′lȯn·chiŋ] (civil engineering) The act or process of floating a ship after only hull construction is completed; in some cases ships are not launched until after all construction is completed. (electromagnetism) The process of transferring energy from a coaxial cable or transmission line to a waveguide. 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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| Gaily they raised their heads, launching their arrows into the clouds, And one more task waited, the launching of the boat when the river ran water to receive it. They first caught crabs and quohogs in the sand; grown bolder, they waded out with nets for mackerel; more experienced, they pushed off in boats and captured cod; and at last, launching a navy of great ships on the sea, explored this watery world; put an incessant belt of circumnavigations round it; peeped in at Behring's Straits; and in all seasons and all oceans declared everlasting war with the mightiest animated mass that has survived the flood; most monstrous and most mountainous |
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