Deck-wise
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of deckwise.; Knowledgeable about work on a deck
"These assertions are followed by a cautionary statement: "Whether strictly true or not the story should be seen as true to the man ... a claim to a sort of natural sagacity, a deck-wise craft, which make up for his lack of formal schooling.""
- 2 Alternative form of deckwise.; Pertaining to a deck
"For the evaluation of the boarding progress, the aircraft seat layout from Emirates is used, which is characterized by a clear, deck-wise separation of premium and economy class: all economy seats are located on the main deck and the premium seats are located on the upper deck."
- 1 Alternative form of deckwise.; Concerning a deck
"If you want to go all out and live well deck-wise, try pizzazz, the glamour deck shown here."
- 2 Alternative form of deckwise.; Along or toward a deck
"By separating an originally rectilinear bar having a constant cross-section in its longitudinal extent into bar portions located deck-wise above each other […] and which fit into each other such to supplement each other to the original shape, whereby the separating is done preferably by punching, an extremely rugged contact bar structure is arrived at in a most easy way, which is suitable for the rough environment of a textile mill, and in which the bar portions located remote from the ends of the bar have their connection points located at the end of the bar."
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More examples"These assertions are followed by a cautionary statement: "Whether strictly true or not the story should be seen as true to the man ... a claim to a sort of natural sagacity, a deck-wise craft, which make up for his lack of formal schooling.""
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