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block' coeffi"cient



Naval Archit.
the ratio of the immersed volume of a vessel to the product of its immersed draft, length, and beam. Also called coefficient of fineness.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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