Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ship-building, a tank formed by partitions or bulkheads cutting off a part of the hold and specially constructed to hold water ballast. See
ballast-tank . A midship deep-tank is in the middle of the length; the forepeak and afterpeak tanks, or trimming tanks, are at the ends of the vessel.
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Initially, semi-solid fermentation was used but this has largely been abandoned and replaced by deep-tank liquid fermentation.
Chapter 8 1994
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