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load displacement

noun

, Nautical.
  1. the weight, in long tons, of a cargo vessel loaded so that the summer load line touches the surface of the water.


load displacement

noun

  1. nautical the total weight of a cargo vessel loaded so that its waterline reaches the summer load line


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Word History and Origins

Origin of load displacement1

First recorded in 1880–85

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