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(nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.

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quartering

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Source Word

quartering

Adjective

not-comparable broadly of wind

Japanese Meaning

（船舶用語で）船のビームより後方だが真後ろではなく、斜め後方から来る（波や移動する物体に用いられる）

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The captain warned us to brace for the quartering seas as the storm approached from well abaft the beam.

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嵐が接近するにつれて、船長はビームよりかなり後方で真後ろではない斜め後方から来る波に備えるよう私たちに警告した。

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Wave direction and frequency (period) are two factors that influence the effect of waves on a moored ship. Whether the ship responds by surging, swaying or yawing will depend on whether the waves are striking the moored vessel head-on, beam-on or quartering, the frequency of the waves and the manner in which the tanker is moored.

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