naval architecture

American  

noun

1. the science of designing ships and other waterborne craft.

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naval architecture British  

noun

1. the designing of ships

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Other Word Forms

• naval architect
  noun

Etymology

Origin of naval architecture

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

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naval architecture

Thomas McKenney, a University of Michigan professor of naval architecture and marine engineering, said the tragedy in Baltimore raises questions about whether most cargo ships have enough safeguards.

From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024

Bien, who studied naval architecture at MIT, began designing homes in 1928.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022

The original America was built to showcase the superiority of American naval architecture at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 10, 2016

Ms. Gibbs’s grandfather William Francis Gibbs, a giant of 20th century naval architecture, designed the ship and considered it his masterwork.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2015

In gardening, in cooking, in naval architecture there are lots of culturally specific choices that we can make, but there are plenty of other things that simply cannot be done.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton