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{{Short description|Ship cargo space volume}} ...p diagram-numbers.svg|thumb|right|Net tonnage is calculated by measuring a ship's internal volume and applying mathematical formulae.]] ...

...l_plan|sail]] a [[Sailboat |boat]] carries relative to its [[Displacement_(ship)|weight]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Paris |first1=Jay E. |title=Comparing Desi [[Category:Ship measurements]] ...

...different times, and comparing the motion with that of the operator's own ship. Changes in relative motion are analyzed using standard geometrical techniq The MLE method tries to fit the directional measurements (bearings) to a theoretical linear motion model of the target. The bearing ...

* a naval ship towing a sonar array where the ship's own noise masks a much weaker detected target signal ...atic iterative process that relies only on an ongoing sequence of sampling measurements of the noise canceller output and the reference r(t) = n_r(t). Fo ...

...rine torpedo fire control during WWII, target tracking was used on surface ship torpedo fire control systems by a number of nations (see references in this ...d to provide fire-control solutions for submarine torpedo firing against [[ship]]s running on the surface (surface warships used a different computer).<ref ...

...— and the cell forwards — in much the same way that a ship's screw moves a ship. This is how some bacteria move; the flagellum is attached at one end to a ...|title=Microtubule Sliding in Swimming Sperm Flagella: Direct and Indirect Measurements on Sea Urchin and Tunicate Spermatozoa|journal=J Cell Biol |volume=114 |pag ...

...rs mounted on vehicles, which eliminates sensor position changes caused by ship and aircraft motion that would otherwise corrupt track data. Bistatic measurements involves comparing data from multiple sensors that can produce only angular ...

...ns can be traced back to the [[shipwreck|sinking]] of the [[Royal Charter (ship)|Royal Charter]] in 1859 and the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] in 1912. ...weather reports, in order to maintain a competitive advantage. [[Weather ship]]s were established by various nations during World War II for forecasting ...

...deck during a change of the watch, it would be an opportune moment for the ship's [[maritime pilot|pilot]] to order a change in [[Bearing (navigation)|bear ...ndeville).jpg|thumb|300px|15th-century mariner consulting a compass aboard ship (from John Mandeville's ''[[Mandeville's Travels|Travels]]'', 1403)]] ...

...nstone" was found on a sunken (Tudor) ship dated 1592, in proximity to the ship's navigational equipment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sunstone Unearthed From Sh ...ar-sky angle of polarization pattern continues underneath clouds: full-sky measurements and implications for animal orientation.'' Pomozi, I. et al., 2001, J. Exp. ...

...ed electrons in voids. Which of these theories applies depends on accurate measurements and calculations of the temperature inside the bubble.<ref name="Single-bub ...has been trying to obtain measurements of the interior of the bubble. Most measurements, like temperature and pressure, are indirectly measured using models and bu ...

...ical, not least because of the difficulty of observing the eclipses from a ship. However, with refinements the method could be made to work on land. ...pioneered the use of the eclipses of the [[Galilean moons]] for longitude measurements, and published tables predicting when eclipses would be visible from a give ...

...oat.png|thumb|310px]]Triangulation may be used to find the position of the ship when the positions of A and B are known. An observer at ''A'' measures the ...blems of large systems of [[simultaneous equation]]s given more real-world measurements than unknowns. ...

...source distribution for vibrational excitations, for example the engine in ship. Once the final density <math>\rho</math> (describing the energy density ...here to the left. The numerical DEA results are compared with experimental measurements at frequencies between 400&nbsp;Hz and 4000&nbsp;Hz for an excitation on th ...

* Ocean wave measurements * Orientation and attitude measurements on [[Autonomous underwater vehicle]]s and [[Remotely operated underwater ve ...

...=2008-05-06|title=Experimental studies on particle emissions from cruising ship, their characteristic properties, transformation and atmospheric lifetime i ...ir with biological origin. Nonetheless, the small temporal scale of these measurements, plus the inability to determine the exact source of these particles, justi ...

...ple that a frequency shift occurs when the source or the observer moves. A ship meets waves at a faster rate when sailing against the waves than when saili ...hroughout the years, whereas the accurate value varied due to frequent new measurements. Since 1835 the accurate value was 41549 geogr. Meilen/s (308000 km/s), see ...

In the 1930s, such precise time measurements simply weren't possible; a clock of the required accuracy was difficult eno ...This is a similar determination as in the case with direct timing/distance measurements, but the hyperbolic system consists of nothing more than a conventional rad ...

...id=kt1UAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> <!-- Physicists use [[theory|theories]] to predict measurements of time. What exactly time "is" and how it works is still largely undefine ...bstraction of the march of the hours on the face of a clock. Calendars and ship's logs could then be mapped to the march of the hours, days, months, years ...

...sail]]s and gives them motive power for sailing craft, including [[sailing ship]]s, [[sailboat]]s, [[Windsurfing|windsurfers]], [[ice boat]]s, and [[Land s ...d by them. They are designed to stay within the limitations of a craft's [[Ship stability|stability]] and [[Power (physics)|power]] requirements, which are ...