reserve buoyancy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of reserve buoyancy
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Their metal frame and heavy chassis and transmission combined with the lack of reserve buoyancy mean they sink quickly.
From Washington Times ● May 5, 2020
Like the 20- and 23-footers, she will have a fine entry, a slight keel and tightly rounded bilges topped by an integral chine ledge that adds reserve buoyancy aft and controls spray forward.
From Time Magazine Archive
The reserve buoyancy, that is the total lifting capacity aside from the weight of the airship and its equipment, is estimated at three tons.
From Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship by Chanute, Octave
The Holland boats have a reserve buoyancy, so that if anything should happen to the machinery they would rise unaided to the surface.
From Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers by Doubleday, Russell
In her original form she was a cigar-shaped craft with only a small percentage of reserve buoyancy in her surface cruising condition.
From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)
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