outboard engine

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meaningsofoutboard motorandengine

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outboard-motor
noun[C]
uk
/ˌaʊt.bɔːd ˈməʊ.tər/us
/ˌaʊt.bɔːrd ˈmoʊ.t̬ɚ/
a motor with a propeller, designed to be attached to the back of a ...
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engine
noun[C]
uk
/ˈen.dʒɪn/us
/ˈen.dʒɪn/
a machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam to ...
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According to the interviews, seal and beluga hunts often require long trips, making the operation costs of a canoe with anoutboardengineprohibitive.
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I am advised that for trawlers the lifeboat should have a 16-feetoutboardengine.
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Weights and measurements were carefully preserved to insure level competition with wooden boats, and only anoutboardenginewas provided.
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An over-pressurized fuel tank caused the port wing to separate at theoutboardengine.
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There was also a replica rigid inflatable boat with a battery poweredoutboardengine.
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There is a smalloutboardenginefishing craft for conducting fishing.
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They were a simple small fishing boat with anoutboardengineand a small cuddy forward.
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A specially-trained coxswain sits at the stern (rear) of the boat and controls it via the tiller arm, attached to anoutboardengine.
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It is further described as rowing well, and being suited to a smalloutboardengine.
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The second torpedo hit the compartment where the starboard outboard propeller shaft entered the hull and flooded theoutboardengineroom.
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For simplicity and weight saving they are more likely to have a removableoutboardengine.
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His inventive mind kept busy, however, and during his retirement, he devised a much-improved, two-cylinderoutboardengine.
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During test flights the extra weight causedoutboardengineoscillations in certain conditions.
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It has a 60 horsepoweroutboardengine.
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Power was exclusivelyoutboardengine.
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However, a particularly severe high-speed flutter problem was solved only by inserting depleted uranium counterweights as ballast in theoutboardenginenacelles of the early 747s.
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Twenty-nine per cent of them are mechanized, contributing 90 per cent of the total catch, and the remaining are motorized with outboard engines.
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A wooden transom board at the stern provides a mounting point for theoutboardengine(s) and a thrustboard at the bow keeps the hull from collapsing inward under power.
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The medium and large purse seiners are powered by diesel engines, but the mini purse seiners are powered by outboard engines fixed laterally or at the stern.
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