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Definition: Torpedo Tube |
Torpedo TubeNoun1. A tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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![]() | Underway during the later 1930s, after being fitted with raked funnel caps and torpedo tube shields. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Destroyer, torpedo tube. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | U.S.S. Massachusetts, torpedo tube. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | U.S.S. Kentucky, torpedo tube. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | U.S.S. Oregon, torpedo tube and torpedoes. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | U.S.S. New York, torpedo tube. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | U.S.S. Maine, torpedo tube. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "torpedo tube"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | aparat torpilave. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тръба за изстрелване на торпили. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | torpedókilövõ csõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 魚雷発射管 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぎょらいはっしゃか". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | feddan torpaid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orpedotay ubetay tubo lança-torpedos. (various references) торпедный аппарат (torpedo-tube). (various references) torpedna cev. (various references) torpil kovanı, torpido kovanı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-o-o-p-r-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: beetroot, buttered, outbreed, pottered, puttered, rebooted, rebutted, repotted, uprooted. | |
-4 letters: burette, doubter, dropout, erupted, obtrude, outbred, outdoer, outdrop, outport, outrode, proette, redoubt, reputed, tetrode, torpedo, treetop, trooped, trouped, tutored, uttered. | |
-5 letters: betted, better, bettor, booted, bootee, bruted, burped, butted, butter, debtor, deport, depute, detour, dotter, perdue, petted, petter, ported, potted, potter, poured, pouted. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 72 70 65 64 6F      54 75 62 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01110010 01110000 01100101 01100100 01101111 00100000 01010100 01110101 01100010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o r p e d o   T u b e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0072 0070 0065 0064 006F      0054 0075 0062 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54818482717081254876871 |
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