multistep hydroplane

multistep hydroplane
/mul"ti step'/, Naut.
a motorship having a flat bottom built as a series of planes inclined forward, the ship planing on each from stem to stern as its speed increases.
[MULTI- + STEP]

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  • multistep hydroplane — /mul ti step /, Naut. a motorship having a flat bottom built as a series of planes inclined forward, the ship planing on each from stem to stern as its speed increases. [MULTI + STEP] * * * …   Universalium

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