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Princeton's WordNet

  1. waterline, water line, water levelnoun

    a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship

Wiktionary

  1. waterlinenoun

    the line formed by the surface of the water on the hull of a ship when she is afloat; any of a series of short lines marked on the hull to show where the waterline would be under different loadings

  2. waterlinenoun

    a line showing where the water has been, usually a line separating dry land and wet areas; a watermark or tidemark

  3. waterlinenoun

    the inner rim of the eyelid, just behind the lash line; primarily used in reference to the application of eyeliner

  4. Etymology: water + line

Wikipedia

  1. Waterline

    Waterline is a song by Irish pop duo Jedward. It was written by Swedish songwriter Nick Jarl and Swedish-based American songwriter Sharon Vaughn. It is best known as Ireland's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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  1. waterline

    A waterline refers to the line along the hull of a ship or boat that marks the level where the surface of the water intersects with it. In simple terms, it is the line that separates the immersed portion of the ship from the portion exposed to air. However, this line can change depending on the ship's load.

Wikidata

  1. Waterline

    The Plimsoll Line is the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water, in concept or reality. Specifically, it is also the name of a special marking, also known as the International Load Line or water line, that indicates the draft of the ship and the legal limit to which a ship may be loaded for specific water types and temperatures in order to safely maintain buoyancy, particularly with regard to the hazard of waves that may arise. Temperature affects the level because warm water provides less buoyancy, being less dense than cold water, as does salinity because fresh water is less dense than salty seawater. For vessels with displacement hulls, the hull speed is determined by, amongst other things, the waterline length. In a sailing boat, the waterline length can change significantly as the boat heels, and can dynamically affect the speed of the boat. The purpose of a load line is to ensure that a ship has sufficient freeboard and thus sufficient reserve buoyancy, indisputable seen from the outside. In aircraft design, the term "waterline" refers to the vertical location of items on the aircraft. This is the "Z" axis of an XYZ coordinate system, the other two axes being the Fuselage Station and Buttock Line.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Waterline in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Waterline in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Waterline in a Sentence

  1. Bruce Landsberg:

    How the aircraft is positioned now certainly gives you limitations on a good thorough assessment, we are not aware of the extent of the damage under the waterline because it cant be seen.

  2. Vishnu Varathan:

    Overall, the cross above the 50 waterline is not in doubt, but the ability for manufacturers to continue to accelerate, or to maintain sharp surges in production, is in question given underlying demand, apart from some bright spots, doesn’t seem to have permeated more widely across the different sectors.

  3. Hunter S. Thompson:

    It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.

  4. Jozeph Forakis Forkais:

    I was inspired to create a yacht as close to the sea and nature as possible, made of clouds floating above the waterline, i wanted to honor nature by blending into it, becoming virtually invisible.

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