(Schiffszeichnung) Bei Schiffszeichnungen die Querschnittsform eines Schiffs an einer bestimmten Stelle.
1. Something composed of parts fitted together and united
2. The physical makeup of an animal and especially a human body; physique, figure
3. The underlying constructional system or structure that gives shape or strength (as to a building)
4. A frame dwelling
5. A machine built upon or within a framework
6. An open case or structure made for admitting, enclosing, or supporting something
7. A part of a pair of glasses that holds one of the lenses
9. A structural unit in an automobile chassis supported on the axles and supporting the rest of the chassis and the body
10. An enclosing border; the matter or area enclosed in such a border
11. One of a series of still transparent photographs on a strip of film used in making movies.
ETYM as. rib, ribb; akin to Dutch rib, German rippe, Old High Germ. rippa, rippi, Dan. ribbe, Icel. rif, Russ. rebro.
1. A riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant.
2. Something resembling the rib of an animal.
3. Cut of meat including one or more ribs.
(Schiffbau) Rippenähnl. Querverbandsteil im Schiff zum Versteifen der Außenhaut. Bei Großfrachtschiffen gibt es auch Längsspanten.