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balanced rudder

[′bal·ənst ‚rəd·ər]
(naval architecture)
A rudder, part of whose area is forward of the vertical axis, to counterbalance water pressure abaft of the axis.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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