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"ref": "2015 November, Duncan Bruce, Tanker Jetty Safety – Management of the Ship/Shore Interface, 1st edition, Witherby Seamanship International, 3.1.2",
"text": "Wave direction and frequency (period) are two factors that influence the effect of waves on a moored ship. Whether the ship responds by surging, swaying or yawing will depend on whether the waves are striking the moored vessel head-on, beam-on or quartering, the frequency of the waves and the manner in which the tanker is moored.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object."
],
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"abaft",
"abaft"
],
[
"beam",
"beam"
],
[
"astern",
"astern"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Aviation"
],
"glosses": [
"Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component."
],
"links": [
[
"aviation",
"aviation"
],
[
"crosswind",
"crosswind"
],
[
"tailwind",
"tailwind"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension, aviation, of wind) Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"not-comparable",
"of wind"
],
"topics": [
"aeronautics",
"aerospace",
"aviation",
"business",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Engineering"
],
"glosses": [
"At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other."
],
"links": [
[
"engineering",
"engineering#Noun"
],
[
"right angle",
"right angle"
],
[
"crank",
"crank"
],
[
"locomotive",
"locomotive"
],
[
"plane",
"plane"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
}
],
"word": "quartering"
}
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