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downflooding point

downflooding point noun: an opening above the waterline of a boat, ship, or other vessel through which water or other liquid can enter if the vessel rolls to an excessive angle or rides lower than normally.

Noun

downflooding point (plural downflooding points)

  1. An opening above the waterline of a boat, ship, or other vessel through which water or other liquid can enter if the vessel rolls to an excessive angle or rides lower than normally.
    • The El Faro stability booklet did not identify the cargo hold ventilation trunk openings as potential downflooding points, nor did it indicate that they should be closed to prevent downflooding. None of the former officers or crew of El Faro remembered the dampers being closed at sea (even for...2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12.4 Methods of Assessing Stability”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins...

Forms of downflooding point

pluraldownflooding points

Questions about downflooding point

What does downflooding point mean?
Downflooding point means an opening above the waterline of a boat, ship, or other vessel through which water or other liquid can enter if the vessel rolls to an excessive angle or rides lower than normally.
What part of speech is downflooding point?
Downflooding point is a noun.
What is the plural of downflooding point?
The plural of downflooding point is downflooding points.

Words near downflooding point in the dictionary

  1. downflood
  2. downflooded
  3. downflooding
  4. downflooding angle
  5. downflooding angles
  6. downflooding point
  7. downflooding points
  8. downfloods
  9. downflow
  10. downflowing
  11. downflows

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