breadth

dimension
Also known as: width

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shipbuilding

  • passenger ship
    In ship: Naval architecture

    The beam is the greatest breadth of the ship. The depth is measured at the middle of the length, from the top of the keel to the top of the deck beam at the side of the uppermost continuous deck. Draft is measured from the keel to the waterline, while…

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