prismatic coefficient

/P R IH0 Z M AE1 T IH0 K OW0 AH0 F IH0 SH AH0 N T/
noun
  1. 1

    (nautical, engineering) The ratio between the total submerged volume of a ship's or boat's hull, on the one hand, and the product of the length of the submerged portion of the hull with the area of the largest cross-sectional slice of the submerged portion of the hull, on the other.

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