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Ballast

Ballast is dense material used as a weight to provide stability to a vehicle or structure. Ballast, other than cargo, may be placed in a vehicle, often a ship or the gondola of a balloon or airship, to provide stability. A compartment within a boat, ship, submarine, or other floating structure that holds water is called a ballast tank. Water can be moved…

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Ballast

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples9
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
Components1

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Ballast

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related to history · 6
Ballast → Europe, In, Montreal, North America, Stone, The
related to Uses · 1
Ballast → Sailing

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used weight may ship tank water stability cargo car provide vessel balloon would example also racing vehicle structure effects many

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FDR Driveinstance ofThe ballast would be dumped in New York and used for construction projects0.80text
an outcrop colloquially named Bristol Basin since it was made from rubble from bombed-out Bristolinstance ofThe ballast would be dumped in New York and used for construction projects0.80text
Ballastrelated to historyThe0.60section
Ballastrelated to historyIn0.60section
Ballastrelated to historyEurope0.60section
Ballastrelated to historyNorth America0.60section
Ballastrelated to historyMontreal0.60section
Ballastrelated to historyStone0.60section
Ballastrelated to UsesSailing0.60section

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