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Meaning of ballast tank | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One of several external or internal tanks fitted in submarines; when filled with seawater they allow the boat to submerge; when emptied using compressed air buoyancy is restored and the vessel rises towards the surface. Auxiliary ballast tanks within the pressure hull allow the submarine to be trimmed.

Equivalents

Bosanski balast
Hrvatski balast
Polski balast
Српски balast

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ballast wagon ballastage Ballasted Ballasting ballastmaster Ballasts

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