different between astern vs quartering

English

Etymology

From a- (“towards”) +? stern (“rear part of a vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??st?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??st??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Adverb

astern (comparative more astern, superlative most astern) (nautical)

1. Behind (a vessel); in the rear.
2. In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear.
3. (obsolete or rare) At or toward the rear of a vessel.

Quotations

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Antonyms

• ahead

Derived terms

• astern of

Translations

Adjective

astern (not comparable) (nautical)

1. Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.

   If one ship is following another, the first is astern of the second.

Usage notes

• Within the ship, the corresponding adjective is abaft. An object nearer the stern than the mainmast is abaft the mainmast.

Translations

Anagrams

• Arents, Stearn, Terans, antres, arents, arnest, atrens, naters, santer, sterna, transe

English

Verb

quartering

1. present participle of quarter

Noun

quartering (plural quarterings)

1. A division into four parts.
   • 1994, David C. Schneider, Quantitative Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Scaling (page 36)

     Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes.

2. The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
3. The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
4. (heraldry) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
5. (heraldry) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
6. (architecture) A series of quarters, or small upright posts.
7. (historical) The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).
8. (hunting) Searching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quatering' the field.

Translations

Adjective

quartering (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
2. (by extension, aviation, of wind) Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
3. (engineering) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.