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Keel

The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element of a watercraft, important for stability. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose as well. The laying of the keel is often the initial step in constructing a ship. In the British and American shipbuilding traditions, this event marks the beginning date of a…

History, Hydrodynamic keels & Etymology

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Hydrodynamic keels

FoilLeewayCounterweightRollingHeeling
12 related topics

Etymology

Old EnglishOld NorseShipGildasLatin
10 related topics

History

AntiquityKyrenia shipUluburun shipwreck
3 related topics

Structural keels

HullBowScantlingsDraft
4 related topics

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Etymology

History

Structural keels

Hydrodynamic keels

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Keel

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples33
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Keel

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related to Etymology · 15
Keel → An, Australia, Careening Cove, Carina, Conquestu Britanniae, De Excidio, English, Gildas, It, Latin, Old English, Old Norse, Saxons, Sydney, The
related to Origins · 5
Keel → BC, Greek, Kyrenia, The, The Uluburun
related to Sailboat keels · 4
Keel → As, In, Moveable, Related
related to Structural keels · 4
Keel → If, Large, The, Where
is a · 2
Keel → bottom-most longitudinal structural element of a watercraft, bottom-most structural member around which the hull of a ship is built
related to Hydrodynamic keels · 2
Keel → Fixed, Hydrodynamic
see also · 1
Keel → Coin

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hull ship may construction often hydrodynamic first keels structural sailboats laying purpose shipbuilding foil counterweight plank also word ships side

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Keelis abottom-most longitudinal structural element of a watercraft0.90text
Keelis abottom-most structural member around which the hull of a ship is built0.90text
Keelrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Keelrelated to EtymologyOld English0.60section
Keelrelated to EtymologyOld Norse0.60section
Keelrelated to EtymologyIt0.60section
Keelrelated to EtymologyEnglish0.60section
Keelrelated to EtymologyGildas0.60section
Keelrelated to EtymologyLatin0.60section
Keelrelated to EtymologyDe Excidio0.60section
Keelrelated to EtymologyConquestu Britanniae0.60section
Keelrelated to EtymologySaxons0.60section

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