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in, at, or to both ends of a ship

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Usage examples (22)
  • The mast also allows a variation of plus or minus 15m in saddle fore-aft position as well.
  • The configuration was dart-like: the Striker SK-6 was a swing-wing and at that altitude the mainplanes would normally be in furled position twenty degrees from the...
  • We were covering a hundred yards in two seconds and if the huge weight of the Mercedes didn't make a direct strike on the fore-aft axis of the N.S.U. it would send it...
  • Bryne is fond of saying that the Speedplay system addresses “five axes” of the shoe/pedal interface: lateral, rotational, fore-aft, height, and tilt (and, of course,...
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