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Definition of Sternwards
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternwards
Literary usage of Sternwards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1898)
"A screw propels by putting water in motion sternwards. It effects its object
partly by pushing the water with the after face of the blades, and partly by ..."
2. Marine Engineer and Naval Architect (1898)
"A screw propels by putting water in motion sternwards. It effects its object
partly by pushing the water with the after face of the blades, and partly by ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"If the decrease of friction sternwards is due to the generation of a current
accompanying the moving plane, there is not at first sight any reason why the ..."
4. Marine Propellers by Sydney Walker Barnaby (1908)
"As the disc moves sternwards, it puts water in motion, not only astern of it,
but also ahead of it. There being no air between the water and the forward ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"164), driven sternwards from orifices at the side of the vessel, the water, ...
Afterwards it is projected sternwards from the jets with a velocity v ..."
6. A Text-book on Steam and Steam Engines: Specially Arranged for the Use of by Andrew Jamieson (1897)
"... and arrests the tangential force of the water, thus throwing the water more
directly sternwards than an ordinary straight blade does. ..."
7. A Text-book on Steam and Steam Engines: Specially Arranged for the Use of by Andrew Jamieson (1895)
"... sternwards than an ordinary straight blade does. The pitch is not uniform
throughout the blade, but increases towards the point, and towards the root; ..."
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