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noun
The outline of a horizontal section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, shipbuilding
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noun
Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel. In a half-breadth plan, the water lines are outward curves showing the horizontal form of the ship at their several heights; in a sheer plan, they are projected as straight horizontal lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, shipbuilding
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noun
Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
The line corresponding to the surface of the water touching any submerged object or body.
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noun
The level at which water meets land along the shore of a body of water.
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, line.
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: waterline, water level
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Broader terms: line
Narrower terms: load line, Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark, Plimsoll
noun
a line marking the level reached by a body of water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: watermark
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Broader terms: line
Narrower terms: high-water mark, low-water mark
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