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Which term is used to describe the horizontal port or starboard movement of a vessel?

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Which term is used to describe the horizontal port or starboard movement of a vessel?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Degrees of freedom of a vessel’s motion (surge, sway, heave, roll, pitch, yaw) • Difference between motion along an axis (fore‑and‑aft, athwartships, vertical) and rotation about an axis • Standard terminology for horizontal sideways motion versus turning motion

💭 Think About

• First, sort the options into motions that are up‑and‑down, forward‑and‑aft, sideways, or rotational. Which ones are linear motions and which are rotations? • Ask yourself: which term describes the ship sliding sideways to port or starboard without the bow swinging around? • Eliminate any terms that clearly refer to vertical motion or to the bow swinging left and right about a vertical axis.

✅ Before You Answer

• Be clear which axis is fore‑and‑aft (longitudinal), which is athwartships (side‑to‑side), and which is vertical. • Identify which listed motions are rotations about an axis (not the right choice here). • Confirm which single term is defined as lateral (port/starboard) translation of the vessel’s center of gravity.

Question 1 of 27070

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Which term is used to describe the horizontal port or starboard movement of a vessel?

A

Surge

B

Yaw

C

Heave

D

Sway

Question 1 / 2707066636eec28f7522a1c51c824

Question 1 of 2707066636eec28f7522a1c51c824

Which term is used to describe the horizontal port or starboard movement of a vessel?

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Question 1 of 27070

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Which term is used to describe the horizontal port or starboard movement of a vessel?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Degrees of freedom of a vessel’s motion (surge, sway, heave, roll, pitch, yaw) • Difference between motion along an axis (fore‑and‑aft, athwartships, vertical) and rotation about an axis • Standard terminology for horizontal sideways motion versus turning motion

💭 Think About

• First, sort the options into motions that are up‑and‑down, forward‑and‑aft, sideways, or rotational. Which ones are linear motions and which are rotations? • Ask yourself: which term describes the ship sliding sideways to port or starboard without the bow swinging around? • Eliminate any terms that clearly refer to vertical motion or to the bow swinging left and right about a vertical axis.

✅ Before You Answer

• Be clear which axis is fore‑and‑aft (longitudinal), which is athwartships (side‑to‑side), and which is vertical. • Identify which listed motions are rotations about an axis (not the right choice here). • Confirm which single term is defined as lateral (port/starboard) translation of the vessel’s center of gravity.