beam sea
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of beam sea
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Her flatter after sections stiffen her motion at rest in a beam sea and create an extremely efficient lifting surface at speed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other machines kept tab on the force and direction of the wind, variations in temperature, barometric pressure and the rolling of a beam sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mitsubishi's data on the 57 suggests a roll suppression rate of 44 percent at rest in a beam sea and 52 percent at trolling speed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dashew's computational fluid dynamics analysis shows an average roll of plus or minus 4.9 degrees in a significant beam sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
From time to time it careened like a blunt-nosed barge in a beam sea.
From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold
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