prismatic coefficient

English

Noun

prismatic coefficient (plural prismatic coefficients)

1. (nautical, engineering) The ratio between the total submerged volume of a ship's or boat's hull, on the one hand, and the product of the length of the submerged portion of the hull with the area of the largest cross-sectional slice of the submerged portion of the hull, on the other.

Coordinate terms

• block coefficient
• midship coefficient
• waterplane coefficient