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sailing ballast

used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the sail
Class type of: ballast Q5461048

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
ballast[1]
Described by source
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[2][3][4][5][6]
Different from
Ballast, ballast[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en ballast en Ballast en sailing ballast en Ballast water ar صابورة مركبة بحرية ar صابورة سفينة el Ερματισμός el Έρμα es Aguas de lastre fi painolasti he נטל he מי נטל ja バラスト水 nl ballastwater pl balast pt Água de lastro ro apă de balast ro balast pentru navigație ru балласт на надводных плавучих средствах sv Barlast
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID
41175
Freebase ID
/m/05nb2_
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
ballast-water
Lex ID
ballast
NDL Authority ID
01143216
YSO ID
28078
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Library of Congress Authorities IDP244
sh93003422 2026-10-01 ndl_authorities (pdl-1.0) as of 2026-10-01
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ndl_authorities
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01 · newer edition 20261103 landed
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pdl-1.0
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data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)
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🔗 Connections
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Different from 2
ballast, Ballast
← Different from 2
ballast, Ballast
Belongs to 1
sailboat
Subclass of 1
ballast
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  1. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → ballast
    Described by source → Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Different from → Ballast, ballast
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 28078, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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