body plan (bodiplan)

In ship - building, a plan upon which are projected the intersections of the sides of the ve el with transverse IMG:content-2271.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small] vertical planes pa ing through certain fixed points, the intersections with the fore-body being shown upon one side and those with the after-body on the other.