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Definition of Aft

Aft
Aft Aft ([.a]ft), adv. & a. [AS. [ae]ftan behind; orig. superl. of of, off. See After.] (Naut.) Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.

Meaning of Aft from wikipedia

- Look up AFT or aft in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. AFT or aft may to: AFT (album), 1978, by Joanne Brackeen American Film Theatre American Folklore...
- deck of the ship. Aft (adjective): toward the stern (rear) of a ship. For example, "Able Seaman Smith; lie aft!" or "What's happening aft?". Comparative...
- A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing vessel rig with sails set mainly along the line of the keel, rather than perpendicular to it as on a square rigged vessel...
- The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the second largest teacher's labor union in America (the largest being the National Education ****ociation)...
- statistical area of survival analysis, an accelerated failure time model (AFT model) is a parametric model that provides an alternative to the commonly...
- Rebecca Aft is an American surgical oncologist and breast cancer researcher. Holds the inaugural title of Moley Professor of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery...
- mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sails fore and aft, or...
- The aft pressure bulkhead or rear pressure bulkhead is the rear component of the pressure seal in all aircraft that cruise in a tropopause zone in the...
- in 1589. Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "ASHLEY, Henry (1548-aft.1605), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved...
- (mizzen in three-masted barques) is rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen is only partly fore-and-aft rigged, bearing a square-rigged sail above. The...