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ballast tanks

ballast tanks is the plural of ballast tank.

Meaning of ballast tank

Noun

ballast tank (plural ballast tanks)

  1. One of several external or internal tanks fitted in submarines; when filled with seawater they allow the boat to submerge; when emptied using compressed air buoyancy is restored and the vessel rises towards the surface. Auxiliary ballast tanks within the pressure hull allow the submarine to be trimmed.

Questions about ballast tanks

What is ballast tanks the plural of?
Ballast tanks is the plural of ballast tank.

Words near ballast tanks in the dictionary

  1. ballast cars
  2. ballast master
  3. ballast resistor
  4. ballast resistors
  5. ballast tank
  6. ballast tanks
  7. ballast up
  8. ballast wagon
  9. ballast wagons
  10. ballastage
  11. ballastages

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