n.
1.(shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side
Idiom of the Day
one jump ahead of (someone or something)
better prepared or more successful than someone or something else, expecting and prepared for what will happen
The little boy was one jump ahead of the other students after he went to summer school.