Abaft synonyms

ə-băft'

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arear
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astern
At or to the stern of a vessel.
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behind
That follows, as in a line
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back
(Not comparable) Not current.
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rearward
At, in, or toward the rear
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aft
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
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midships (related)
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amidships (related)
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conning-tower (related)
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after
Located near the stern of a vessel or the rear or an aircraft or spacecraft.
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  • Bertram Elliot, waiting to lead the Royals just abaft the bridge, was struck down by a shell which did fearful execution forward.

  • Thus the part of B caused by the permanent magnetism of hard iron must be corrected by permanent magnets horizontally placed in a fore and aft direction; the other part caused by vertical soft iron by means of bars of vertical soft iron, called Flinders bars, before or abaft the compass.

  • In late 1923, S-1 was modified by the addition of a steel seaplane hangar abaft the conning tower.

  • B has reference to horizontal forces acting in a longitudinal direction in the ship, and caused partly by the permanent magnetism of hard iron, partly by vertical induction in vertical soft iron either before or abaft the compass.

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