Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 56 compound words that contain stern. The most common are listed below. Open stern in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- Stern-Gerlach experimentAn experiment demonstrating that the spatial orientation of angular momentum is quantized, and thus an atomic-scale system has intrinsically quantum properties.
- square sternA stern having a transom and joining the counter timbers at an angle, as distinguished from a round stern, which has no transom.
- stern frameThe sternpost, transoms, and fashion pieces of a ship's stern.
- stern-wheelerAlternative form of sternwheeler: A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern
- from stem to sternOver the full length of a ship or boat, from the front end of the vessel to the back end.
- stern chaserA gun or cannon mounted on the stern of a ship for firing at a pursuing vessel.
- torpedo sternA kind of stern with a low rounded shape that is nearly flat at the waterline, but which then slopes upward in a conical fashion towards the deck.
- stern-wheelersplural of stern-wheeler: A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern
- Stern-Brocot treeAn infinite complete binary tree whose vertices correspond one-for-one to the positive rational numbers, whose values are ordered from the left to the right as in a search tree.
- Duckworth-Lewis-Stern methodA mathematical algorithm for generating revised target scores for the side batting second in a rain-affected one-day match.
- stern chaseA chase in which one ship follows directly in the wake of another.
- stern framesplural of stern frame: The sternpost, transoms, and fashion pieces of a ship's stern.
- stern planeA diving plane mounted on or near the stern of a submarine.
- stern planesplural of stern plane: A diving plane mounted on or near the stern of a submarine.
- stern sexMen generally.
- stern sheetsAlternative form of sternsheets: The stern area of an open boat; the planking that forms the floor or seating in that area
- tunnel sternA kind of motorboat stern, for use in shallow waters, in which the propeller is housed in a tunnel and does not extend below the greatest draft.
- Fintushel-Stern knotThe three-tangle pretzel knot with two right-handed twists in its first tangle, three left-handed ones in its second, and seven left-handed ones in its third.
- stern chasesplural of stern chase: A chase in which one ship follows directly in the wake of another.
- stern chasersplural of stern chaser: A gun or cannon mounted on the stern of a ship for firing at a pursuing vessel.
- Stern-Brocot treesplural of Stern-Brocot tree: An infinite complete binary tree whose vertices correspond one-for-one to the positive rational numbers, whose values are ordered from the left to the right as in a search tree.
- pink sternA chebacco (boat).
Compound words 56
- sternlyIn a stern manner.
- sternpostA timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.
- sterndriveA form of marine propulsion similar to an outboard motor
- SternianOf or relating to Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist.
- sterniteThe ventral plate of each segment of an arthropod.
- sternpickerA gillnet boat that deploys the net from the stern of the boat.
- sternsheetsThe stern area of an open boat; the planking that forms the floor or seating in that area
- sternlessWithout a stern.
- sternwayMovement towards the stern; backwards motion of a vessel.
- sternalgiaPain around the sternum, especially angina pectoris.