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prismatic coefficient

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables
pris-mat-ic -co-ef-fi-cient
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ratio between the total submerged volume of a ship's or boat's hull, on the one hand, and the product of the length of the submerged portion of the hull with the area of the largest cross-sectional slice of the submerged portion of the hull, on the other.

Inflected Forms

prismatic coefficients (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

block coefficient midship coefficient waterplane coefficient

Questions

What does prismatic coefficient mean?
The ratio between the total submerged volume of a ship's or boat's hull, on the one hand, and the product of the length of the submerged portion of the hull with the area of the largest cross-sectional slice of the submerged portion of the hull, on the other.

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