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Word: larboard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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...over any surface creates suction on that surface, greatest on any part of the surface that does not move with the wind. Thus, the forward surface of a rotorship's cylinder being made to move into the wind - i. e., clockwise into a starboard wind, counterclockwise to a larboard jwind-suction is strongest on that forward surface and the ship is drawn ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rotoring | 7/6/1925 | See Source »

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