Definition of Midship

1. a. Of or pertaining to, or being in, the middle of a ship.

Definition of Midship

1. Adjective. Pertaining to the middle of a ship or a boat. ¹

2. Noun. The middle of a ship or a boat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Midship

1. pertaining to the middle of a ship [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Midship

midscene
midsea
midseason
midseason form
midseason forms
midseasons
midsection
midsections
midsemester
midsentence
midsequence
midsession
midset
midsfinger
midsfingers
midship (current term)
midshipman
midshipman fish
midshipmanship
midshipmen
midshippeople
midshipperson
midshippersons
midships
midshipwoman
midshipwomen
midshot
midshow
midshower

Literary usage of Midship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ship Form, Resistance and Screw Propulsion by G. S. Baker (1915)
"The shape of the midship section can be varied over very wide limits ... With the full type of midship section commonly adopted in the merchant service a ..."

2. Yachts and Yacht Building: Being a Treatise on the Construction of Yachts by P. R. Marett (1872)
"Some constructors have imagined that the midship section, the centre of gravity of displacement ... THE FORM AND AREA OF THE midship SECTION Have next to be ..."

3. Naval Architecture: A Manual on Laying-off Iron, Steel and Composite Vessels by Thomas Henry Watson (1898)
"Obtaining and Fairing Lines of a midship Gun Gallery—Expansion—Obtaining and ... midship Gun Gallery.—It is usual to draw the galleries to a large scale, ..."

4. Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Naval Architecture: Being the Article by Augustin Francis Bullock Creuze (1841)
"We will now determine the place of the midship section in reference to the situation of the centre of gravity F. As BCD represents the displacement of the ..."

5. The Resistance and Propulsion of Ships by William Frederick Durand (1909)
"(area of midship section)?/ has been used to a considerable extent, especially in continental Europe. Where the value of Kt is selected by judgment alone, ..."

6. The Resistance and Propulsion of Ships by William Frederick Durand (1898)
"In addition to the Admiralty displacement formula, the equation 1 -*T (area of midship section)«* has been used to a considerable extent, especially in ..."

7. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"This force is resolvable into two others, the horizontal SH, and the vertical SZ ; and the former is further divisible into SB, parallel to the midship line ..."

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