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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPONSON

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPONSON

sponson  [ˈspɒnsən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPONSON

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sponson is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPONSON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sponson

Sponsons are projections from the sides of a watercraft, for protection, stability, or the mounting of equipment such as armaments or lifeboats, etc. They extend a hull dimension at or below the waterline and serve to increase flotation or add lift when underway. Sponsons are commonly used on jetskis and other personal watercraft such as canoes to provide either additional buoyancy and thus stability against capsizing, or hydrodynamic forces to resist capsizing. They can often be easily attached to an existing craft in order to improve its stability. They are far less common on ships than such stabilizing means as pontoons, outriggers, and dual hulls due to their comparatively poor performance in stabilizing large hulls. Sponsons are sometimes added to improve stability when ships are modified. Sponsons are used on the fuselages of flying boats, as pioneered by German aerospace engineer Claudius Dornier during World War I. They take the form of a short wing which when travelling through the water provides hydrodynamic stability during take off and landing.

Definition of sponson in the English dictionary

The first definition of sponson in the dictionary is an outboard support for a gun enabling it to fire fore and aft. Other definition of sponson is a semicircular gun turret on the side of a tank. Sponson is also a float or flotation chamber along the gunwale of a boat or ship.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPONSON


Anfinsen
ˈænfɪnsən
Atkinson
ˈætkɪnsən
Benson
ˈbɛnsən
Berenson
ˈbɛrənsən
Branson
ˈbrænsən
Bunsen
ˈbʌnsən
Dickinson
ˈdɪkɪnsən
Jansen
ˈdʒænsən
Johnson
ˈdʒɒnsən
Jonson
ˈdʒɒnsən
Kristiansen
ˈkrɪstʃənsən
Manson
ˈmænsən
Nansen
ˈnænsən
Palmer-Tomkinson
ˈpɑːməˈtɔmkɪnsən
Robinson
ˈrɒbɪnsən
Stefansson
ˈstɛfənsən
Stephenson
ˈstiːvənsən
Stevenson
ˈstiːvənsən
tenson
ˈtensən
Wilkinson
ˈwɪlkɪnsən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPONSON

spongious
spongoid
spongologist
spongology
spongy
sponsal
sponsalia
sponsible
sponsion
sponsional
sponsor
sponsored
sponsorial
sponsorship
spontaneities
spontaneity
spontaneous
spontaneous combustion
spontaneous generation
spontaneous recovery

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPONSON

Anderson
before you could say Jack Robinson
chanson
comparison
Heath Robinson
Hudson
in season
Jack Robinson
Jackson
Jason
lesson
madison
nelson
person
reason
season
son
sternson
Thompson
Wilson

Synonyms and antonyms of sponson in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sponson» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPONSON

Find out the translation of sponson to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sponson from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sponson» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sponson
570 millions of speakers

English

sponson
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sponson
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

sponson
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спонсоне
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sponson
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sponson
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sponson
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sponson
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sponson
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スポンソン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sponson
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sponsor
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sườn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sponson
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रायोजक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sponson
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sponson
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pływaka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спонсоне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sponson
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

sponson
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

sponson
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

sponson
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

sponson
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sponson

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPONSON»

The term «sponson» is normally little used and occupies the 112.334 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPONSON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sponson» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sponson» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sponson

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPONSON»

Discover the use of sponson in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sponson and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Practical Ship Design
The upper edge of the sponson will be determined by whether the sponsons are being provided to increase the GM at intact operational drafts or at the draft after damage and whether it is required to increase GZ and/or range in either of these  ...
D. G. M. Watson, 2002
2
British Mark IV Tank
The driver and brakeman were virtually trapped in the cab, which is why a roof hatch was later introduced, while the secondary gears could only be operated if the sponson doors were lifted off their hinges and stowed separately. It is now ...
David Fletcher, 2012
3
Marine Corps Tank Battles in Vietnam
REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY Please note that images of issues of The Sponson Box are available for viewing online at www.usmcvta.or /S onsonBox Archiveshtm. New material is constantly added to this site. Anonymous Famous ...
Oscar Gilbert, 2013
4
U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History
00. O. cross section as rebuilt. 26# A/ew For& cross section as rebuilt. C&R took this opportunity to relocate secondary batteries. In the Floridas, a sponson was built out at main deck level just abaft the pair of guns already mounted there (that is ...
Norman Friedman, 1985
5
Organizational Maintenance Repair Parts and Special Tools ...
PIPE: Contro1 va1ve to hydrau1ic oi1 reservoir drain EA 1 241 19 PA0ZZ 4730- 00-200-0515 8327142 19207 C0UPLING, PIPE: Main subp1ate to right sponson connection pane1 pressure (1), right sponson connection pane1 adjusting f1ow ...
‎1984
6
Annual reports of the Navy Department..
Outside plating- Finished fitting and riveting where left flying for sponson armor. Airports: Finished fitting and riveting where left flying for sponson armor. Paymaster's offieo : Finished fitting and riveting structural work where left flying for ...
United States. Navy Dept, 1894
7
Reeds Vol 13: Ship Stability, Powering and Resistance
This requires Simpson's Rule to analyse the shape of the sponson, using the x axis as the fore and aft straight side of the sponson attached to the hull surface, and they axis as the local beam of the sponson measured from the hull surface, ...
Christopher Patterson, Jonathan Ridley, 2014
8
United States Congressional serial set
Two 5-inch entered port side between mainmast and after sponson. One 5-inch passed through shield of 37-millimeter gun on port after bridge, over sponson, dismounting gun. One 6-pounder cut forward part of upper edge of port after gun-  ...
‎1900
9
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy
Outside plating: Finished fitting and riveting where left flying for Do. sponson armor. Air ports: Finished fitting and riveting where left flying for sponson Do. armor. ' Paymaster's ofiice: Finished fitting and riveting structural work where Do. left ...
United States. Navy Dept, 1894
10
Congressional edition
A third G-ponnder shell struck under the after edge of the same sponson. All ranged from aft forward. On the berth deck, directly under the forward and after parts of this same sponson, are holes showing the entrance of four 6 pounder shells, ...
United States. Congress, 1898

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPONSON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sponson is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hydros 50 Years in 50 Days: Tate, Smokin' Joe's dominant in 1995
He collided with the Smokin' Joe's in Heat 2A, cracking the right sponson and getting a $100 fine — as well as some physical problems — in the process. «Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, Jul 15»
2
Newbuild Songa semi to get sponsons and blisters
This will mandate the installation of sponsons and blisters like those already installed on Songa Encourage and Songa Enabler. The remedial work will be done ... «Marine Log, Mar 15»
3
Dave Villwock suspended for rest of Seafair after collision
1 of 3 Damage can be seen on the right sponson of the Beacon Plumbing after driver Dave Villwock clipped the side of Jimmy Shane's Oberto in Heat 1B ... «The Seattle Times, Aug 14»
4
Costa Concordia wreck is floating higher
According to the Parbuckling Project, starboard sponson S4 was almost in position with work in progress to lower sponsons S5 and S14. That doesn't mean that ... «Marine Log, Jul 14»
5
Costa Concordia: underwater video of operation to refloat sunken liner
"We secured the number three horizontal sponson, that's the one on the bow that you can see, with all the bracing, so that's nicely secure and stable, and that ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
6
Costa Concordia Floats Again
Sandwiched between the floating sponsons, the Concordia will then embark on a ... and cables, while starboard sponsons will be lowered to their final position, ... «Discovery News, Jul 14»
7
Costa Concordia Today [VIDEO]: See Eerie Underwater Remains Of …
According to CBC, the last 30 stabilising devices or what they call "sponsons" for Costa Concordia today was already attached to the ruin Thursday. «TravelersToday, Jul 14»
8
COSTA CONCORDIA Wreck Removal Update
July 3, 2014: As of this afternoon, the installation of the final of 30 sponsons, P1, on the port side of the wrecked COSTA CONCORDIA has been completed. «Maritime Matters, Jun 14»
9
Concordia set to be towed to Genoa for breaking-up next month
Some 350 technicians are working round the clock to complete sponson installation before the refloating phase. The 114,500-ton Concordia aground and sank ... «Times of Malta, Jun 14»
10
Concordia Cruise Ship Wreck Removal Delayed by 'Technical …
Delays began on May 6 when problems with one of the chains holding an 800-ton sponson -- metal flotation tanks that will refloat Concordia so that it can be ... «Cruise Critic, May 14»

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