lateral resistance

American  

noun

Naval Architecture.

1. resistance to sidewise motion caused by wind pressure, supplied by the immersed portion of a hull of a vessel.

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Example Sentences

On Wednesday, it spiked $1.41, or 4%, to $11.41 on 3 million shares, taking out lateral resistance at the year’s highs.

From Forbes

Designing a building to have lateral resistance is helpful not only for preventing quake damage, but also from other lateral forces, such as wind.

From Scientific American

A sailing craft of any description will only work to windward in zigzags diagonally to the breeze, and then only provided there is enough of her under water to provide lateral resistance, which the deep center keel should have supplied.

From Project Gutenberg

Said of a well-trimmed ship with a clean bottom, when she holds a good wind, and presents such lateral resistance to the water, that she makes but little lee-way while sailing close-hauled.

From Project Gutenberg

A man in the water weighs practically nothing, and to heave around a capstan under water requires lateral resistance.

From Project Gutenberg