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Nov 13, 2009
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reserve' buoy'ancy



Naut.
the difference between the volume of a hull below the designed waterline and the volume of the hull below the lowest opening incapable of being made watertight.

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

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