middle body
middle body noun: the part of a vessel adjacent to the midship section having a uniform or nearly uniform cross-section, usually referred to as the parallel middle body.
Noun
middle body (plural middle bodies)
- The part of a vessel adjacent to the midship section having a uniform or nearly uniform cross-section, usually referred to as the parallel middle body.
- In those experiments the different models used had varying lengths of parallel middle body distributed equally forward and abaft the midship section.1919, William McEntee, “The Propulsion of Cargo Ships with Parallel Middle Body”, in Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, volume 31, page 263
- The midsection of the body.
- Buttocks, lower back, and perineum burns occur when a child's middle body is forcibly held under hot water.2006, Julia A. McMillan et al., chapter 17, in Oski's Pediatrics, →ISBN, page 149
middle body meaning in Tamil
middle body in Tamil
- கப்பல் நடுப்பகுதி
Forms of middle body
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Questions about middle body
- What does middle body mean?
- Middle body means the part of a vessel adjacent to the midship section having a uniform or nearly uniform cross-section, usually referred to as the parallel middle body.
- What is middle body in Tamil?
- Middle body in Tamil is கப்பல் நடுப்பகுதி. See Middle body meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is middle body?
- Middle body is a noun.
- What is the plural of middle body?
- The plural of middle body is middle bodies.
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