# Word-power, Navy Ship Navigation terminology vocabulary **URL:** \ **Category:** Lessons on Life & Computers\ **Tags:** languages\ **Created:** [April 7, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://www.bathindahelper.com/t/word-power-navy-ship-navigation-terminology-vocabulary/4933 "2025-04-07T11:02:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
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### Peculiar Words in diff languages 1. abstemity = sayam, to live in least means, needs. Shalpahari/mitahari 2. chaste = sayam se shudh hua hua. Full sayami. Pavitar 3. abnegate= to give up 4. rue= regret 5. abstemious= temperate in one’s diet. Full diet control 6. continent/continence= self-restrain, sayami. who’s one over his senses. celibate. One who has conqured his worldly pleasures. 7. forbear/forebear, temperance= inhibit, tolerate, abide. 8. lunge: झपट्टा 9. Arsenic poison Sankhiya (संखिया) 10. Complainant/Victim= मुद्दई 11. #### There is no word in Enlgish for tapasaya, yogi, muni ### Peculiar Construction Sentences: - जितनी देर भी मेरी बहन रहेगी: Howsoever long my sister stays (would stay), I guess. - जलेबी / Jalebi :: - समोसा / Samosa :: - गोल गप्पे /Golgappe : Water balls? - ![Samosa & Other words, But सारे सही नहीं लग रहे मुझे](https://www.bathindahelper.com/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e5f7a4b7925dc0615206ca5e1197fae8527a7a15.jpeg) ### Aeroplane and Ship Vocabulary/parts: - fin : A paddle-shaped appendage on fish and other aquatic animals that is used for propulsion, balance, and guidance. Or/Also, a fixed vertical, inclined, or adjustable airfoil or vane attached longitudinally to the rear portion of an airplane to provide a stabilizing effect. - Helmsman: The one who is responsible for steering the ship. - Gondola: a long narrow flat-bottomed boat with a high ornamented stem and a platform at the stern where an oarsman stands and propels the boat by sculling or punting: traditionally used on the canals of Venice #Bow Stern, Moor, hull. Words Vocabulary. Word Power. Navigational terminology - Astern: back. ‘Half astern both’ means run both engines backwards at half speed - Bridge: The **bridge** of a **ship** is the room or platform from which the **ship** can be commanded. When a **ship** is under way, the **bridge** is manned by an officer of the watch aided usually by an able seaman acting as lookout. - Hull: The body or shell of a ship. - Bow: (sometimes only the outline of) forward extremity of a ship. - Stem = **T** he foremost part of a ship’s hull (or main upright timber or structure at the front of a vessel) - Stern= aft end/ **The rear of a ship/V** essel (opposite of the bow or stem. Thus the phrase **from stem to stern).** - Midship: What’s wedged in between the forward and the aft of a ship is commonly dubbed midship. - Port Side: Left side of the vessel - Starboard Side: Right side of the vessel. #### In _modern_ usage., Hard to starboard means: - Ship turns to the RIGHT (starboard side), Because the rudder goes **left** (port), the stern (rear of the ship) swings left, and the bow (forward part of the ship) turns **right**. #### In _historical naval_ context (pre-20th century), with Tillers fitted directly to rudders: - “Hard to starboard” meant Ship turns to the LEFT (port side). This was because old sailing ships had a **tiller** system, where turning the tiller right moved the rudder left, turning the ship **left** (port side). - Tiller: a horizontal bar fitted to the head of a boat’s rudder post and used for steering (जो बंदे के हाथ में हैन्डल सा होता है). - Rudder: a vertical flat piece hinged near the foremost of a boat or ship for steering (नीचे पानी में डूब हुआ पैडल) ---
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