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Post-captain
| Глоссарий морских терминов (рангоут, такелаж, устройство судна) |
An obsolete alternative form of the rank of captain in the royal navy; once achieved promotion thereafter was entirely due to seniority.
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Alternative, английский
- A альтернативный class, question alternativity n альтернативность
- Вариант (напр, проекта), вариантное решение || вариантный о as an ~ в качестве варианта [вариантного решения]
- One of the music genres that appears under genre classification in windows media player library. based on id3 standard tagging format for mp3 audio files. id3v1 genre id # 20.
Thereafter, английский
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Conning officer, английский
An officer on a naval vessel responsible for instructing the helmsman on the course to steer. while performing this duty, the officer is said to have the conn.
Loose cannon, английский
- An irresponsible and reckless individual whose behavior (either intended or unintended) endangers the group he or she belongs to. a loose cannon, weighing thousands of pounds, would crush anything and anyone in its path, and possibly even break a hole in the hull, thus endangering the seaworthiness of the whole ship.
- In common speech this refers to someone, especially a politician, who is unpredictable, uncontrollable, and likely to speak or act without considering either consequences or the “party line.” the origin is obvious—two or more tons of wood and metal trundling up and down the rolling gundeck of a sailing man-of-war was not only a terrible hazard to life and limb, but could seriously damage other guns, or even crash through the side to plunge into the sea.
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