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  • 11Astern propulsion — (as applied to a ship) is a maneuver in which a ship s propelling mechanism is used to develop thrust in a retrograde direction. Astern propulsion does not necessarily imply the ship is moving astern ( in reverse ); astern propulsion is used to… …

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  • 12Astern-Revolution — Als Asternrevolution (ungarisch: Őszirózsás forradalom, dt. auch Herbstrosenrevolution) werden die Demonstrationen, Unruhen und Streiks von Soldaten und Zivilisten genannt, die in Budapest und anderen Städten zwischen dem 28. und 31. Oktober 1918 …

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  • 13astern fueling — The transfer of fuel at sea during which the receiving ship(s) keep(s) station astern of the delivering ship …

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  • 14astern refuelling — degalų papildymas per laivagalį statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Degalų perpylimas jūroje, kurio metu priimantysis laivas(ai) priplaukia prie perduodančiojo laivo iš galo. atitikmenys: angl. astern refuelling pranc. ravitaillement en… …

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  • 15astern — adverb or adjective Date: circa 1571 1. behind a ship 2. at or toward the stern of a ship 3. sternforemost, backward …

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  • 16astern — 1. adverb Beyond the stern when viewed from aboard. 2. adjective behind …

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  • 17astern of — preposition behind …

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  • 18astern — Synonyms and related words: a rebours, a reculons, abaft, aft, after, against the grain, anticlockwise, arear, ass backwards, away, back, backward, backwards, baft, counterclockwise, fore and aft, fro, hindward, hindwards, in reverse, rear,… …

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  • 19astern — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. aft, to the rear, abaft. See rear. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. aft, abaft, rearward. ANT.: fore, front …

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  • 20astern — a|stern [əˈstə:n US ə:rn] adv in or at the back of a ship …

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