LEEWAY

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leeway
n. space, time to maneuver; additional money (time, etc.); sideways motion, drifting to the side (Nautical, Aeronautics)


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Leeway
Leeway is the lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift. Just as a vessel's course is affected by the current of the water (set and drift), her course is also altered by wind. Vessels with greater surface area on the beam experience more leeway than ones with less.A navigator on a vessel must adjust his ordered course to compensate for this alteration. A good rule of thumb for adjusting ordered course is to alter your course by six degrees for every knot of drift on the beam. For example, if a navigator wants to make course 090 good, but there is one knot of drift to the south, the adjusted course should be 084. Failure to make these adjustments during a voyage is negligent and will yield poor navigational results.
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SunPass
SunPass is an electronic toll collection system in use by the State of Florida and was originally created by the Florida Department of Transportation's Florida's Turnpike Enterprise. The system uses Amtech active RFID windshield-mounted transponders manufactured by TransCore along with lane equipment designed by several companies including SAIC and TransCore. SunPass is fully interoperable with E-Pass (from the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority), O-Pass (from the Osceola Parkway), LeeWay (from Lee County toll bridges) and Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) toll roads. SunPass may also be used at the Orlando International Airport to pay for parking. There are plans for other major Florida airports to utilize the SunPass system for parking fees.
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leeway
Noun
1. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
(hypernym) drift
(classification) ship
2. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
(synonym) allowance, margin, tolerance
(hypernym) discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance


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Leeway
(n.)
The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
  

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leeway
Synonyms and related words:
aesthetic distance, air space, ample scope, blank check, caesura, carte blanche, clearance, compass, deep space, depths of space, discontinuity, distance, distance between, divergence, double space, drift, driftway, elbowroom, em space, en space, extent, farness, field, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, freeboard, freedom, full scope, full swing, hair space, half space, headroom, headway, hiatus, infinity, interim, intermediate space, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, jump, lacuna, latitude, leap, length, light-years, long rope, maneuvering space, margin, mileage, no holds barred, open space, parsecs, perspective, piece, play, progress, range, reach, remoteness, room, room to spare, rope, scope, sea room, separation, single space, slack, space, space between, span, spare room, steerageway, sternway, stretch, stride, swing, time interval, tolerance, way, ways, wide berth
  

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