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

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Etymology

Origin of naval architecture

First recorded in 1700–10

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Example Sentences

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naval architecture

Rhys admitted he has tried to sell Rarebit but now hopes to work with naval architecture at Brooklyn Boatworks to turn her into something "for Brooklyn and New York" in the future.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Here his admiration of naval architecture stood him in good stead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022

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

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