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2. Boss (engineering) - Wikipedia

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   Boss (engineering) Two bosses in the form of cylinders on a mechanical part. The cylinder to the right is filleted near its base. In engineering, a boss is a protruding feature on a workpiece. [1] A common use for a boss is to locate one object within a pocket or hole of another object. For instance, some motors use a precisely machined boss on ...

3. Molding (decorative) - Wikipedia

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   Molding (decorative) Moulding (British English), or molding (American English), also coving (in United Kingdom, Australia), is a strip of material with various profiles used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration. It is traditionally made from solid milled wood or plaster, but may be of plastic or reformed wood.

4. Butterworth cover - Wikipedia

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   Butterworth cover. A Butterworth cover (also Butterworth hatch and Butterworth plate) is a hatch on the deck of a cargo vessel that is used to seal a small opening that admits to the space below. [1][2] In oil tankers and other marine vessels used for transporting fluid products, there are small service openings though the deck into each tank ...

5. Fillet (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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   Fillet (mechanics) In mechanical engineering, a fillet (pronounced / ˈfɪlɪt /, like "fill it") is a rounding of an interior or exterior corner of a part. An interior or exterior corner, with an angle or type of bevel, is called a "chamfer". Fillet geometry, when on an interior corner is a line of concave function, whereas a fillet on an ...

6. Flat-bottomed boat - Wikipedia

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   A flat-bottomed boat is a boat with a shallow draft, two-chined hull, which allows it to be used in shallow bodies of water, such as rivers, because it is less likely to ground. The flat hull also makes the boat more stable in calm water, which is good for hunters and anglers. However this design becomes less stable in choppy water.

7. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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   A pair of fluid-filled tanks mounted on opposite sides of a ship below the waterline. The tanks are cross-linked by piping or ducts to allow water to flow between them and at the top by vents or air pipes. The piping is sized so that as the fluid flows from side to side it damps the amount of roll. anti-submarine net. Also anti-submarine boom.