#naval engineering
- Marinized — Having undergone the process of marinization; a sailor or crew adapted to sea life, or an engine, aircraft, or equipment structurally modified and protected to operate optimally in harsh, high-salinity marine environments.
- To dock — To guide a ship or vessel into a dry or floating dock to perform structural repairs, cleaning of the hull, maintenance, or painting; to rest on the keel blocks within a dock. This complex technical procedure requires precise coordination between the crew and port engineers to ensure the vessel's stability during water evacuation.
- Docking — The act of docking and its result; a complex technical and hydrotechnical operation whereby a vessel is guided, immobilized, and centered on keel blocks inside a dry or floating dock. This structural process allows the complete evacuation of water to expose the underwater hull for cleaning, inspection, painting, or carrying out major overhauls.
- Docked — The state of a ship or vessel that has been guided and secured inside a dry or floating dock for structural maintenance or repair works; firmly resting on the keel blocks. In a technical sense, it describes a vessel whose underwater hull is completely exposed in a dry environment following water evacuation from the basin.
- Docking operation — The technical operation and its result of securing or docking alongside; the entirety of maneuvers and structural systems used for guiding, catching, and immobilizing a light vessel or an aircraft onto a base ship.
- To secure on deck — A neologistic or regional technical variant rarely encountered in old naval jargon for the verb 'a apunta'; it designates the operation of guiding, fitting, and firmly fixing a mobile structure onto the deck of a military ship or an industrial platform.
- Deck securing — A neologistic or regional derived variant for the docking process; the act of securing, fitting, and fixing a mobile structure, a nacelle, or a vessel onto a ship's deck or an industrial platform, guaranteeing perfect mechanical stability during transit.
- Trimming by the stern — The act of trimming by the stern and its result; a modification of a ship's trim through its longitudinal tilting backward, such that the draft at the stern becomes greater than the draft at the bow. This structural phenomenon can be caused intentionally by shifting ballast or accidentally by flooding rear compartments or misallocating cargo.
- Axiometru — An apparatus, technical device, or mechanical or electronic indicator mounted on a ship's bridge, used to continuously and precisely indicate the tilt angle or exact position of the rudder blade relative to the vessel's longitudinal axis. This structural precision instrument is essential for ensuring navigation control, allowing the helmsman to execute delicate steering maneuvers and maintain a stable course.