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moment of sail

noun Naval Architecture.

the product of a given area of sail, taken as the maximum safe area, and the vertical distance from the center of effort and the center of lateral resistance.

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Nearby words

  1. momaday,
  2. mombasa,
  3. mome,
  4. moment,
  5. moment of inertia,
  6. moment of truth,
  7. momentarily,
  8. momentary,
  9. momently,
  10. momento
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