hull efficiency

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noun Naval Architecture.

the ratio of the quantity of work required to tow a certain hull at a given speed to that required to drive it with a certain propeller: used in propeller design.

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How to use hull efficiency in a sentence

And increasingly smart navigation aids in the cockpit brought far greater precision and efficiency to route planning.
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And, thanks to a transparent hull, exploring the deep and spotting rare marine life is practically a cinch.
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His stories were constructed with ruthless narrative efficiency.
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Jimbo and I walked up its ramp and into the hull, which looked like the gutted inside of a school bus.
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Four of them carried a thick black nylon body bag, two to a side, and loaded it into the middle of the hull.
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Can there be any comparison between the educational efficiency of the two methods?
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An estimation of the solids, therefore, furnishes an important clue to the functional efficiency of the kidneys.
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Is the college stage of our present educational system anywhere near its maximum possible efficiency?
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In all business matters he required a rigid economy though never at the expense of efficiency.
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In fact—on account of conditions beyond my choice and control—I spent too much time on the wrong side of the hull shields.
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