prismatic coefficient
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Noun
prismatic coefficient (plural prismatic coefficients)
- (nautical, engineering) 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.
Coordinate terms
- block coefficient
- midship coefficient
- waterplane coefficient
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