vessel basin

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• Vessel monitoring system — Vessel monitoring systems (VMS) are used in commercial fishing to allow environmental and fisheries regulatory organizations to monitor, minimally, the position, time at a position, and course and speed of fishing vessels. They are a key part of… …   Wikipedia

• Basin — Ba sin, n. [OF. bacin, F. bassin, LL. bacchinus, fr. bacca a water vessel, fr. L. bacca berry, in allusion to the round shape; or perh. fr. Celtic. Cf. {Bac}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Basin — may mean:* Drainage basin, hydrological basin or catchment basin, a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water * Tarim Basin, located in Xinjiang, China and is one of the largest drainage basins in the world. *… …   Wikipedia

• basin — large shallow vessel or dish, c.1200, from O.Fr. bacin (11c., Mod.Fr. bassin), from V.L. *baccinum, from *bacca water vessel, perhaps originally Gaulish. Meaning large scale artificial water holding landscape feature is from 1712. Geological… …   Etymology dictionary

• basin — [bā′sin] n. [ME & OFr bacin < VL * baccinum < * bacca, water vessel] 1. a round, wide, shallow container, as for holding water to wash in 2. its contents or capacity 3. a washbowl or sink 4. any shallow, rounded hollow or depression, often… …   English World dictionary

• vessel — [n1] ship barge, bark, bateau, boat, bottom, bucket*, can*, craft, liner, ocean liner, steamer, tanker, tub*; concept 506 vessel [n2] container, bowl basin, kettle, pitcher, pot, receptacle, urn, utensil; concept 494 …   New thesaurus

• basin — [n] container or area where water is held bay, bowl, concavity, depression, dip, ewer, gulf, hole, hollow, lagoon, pan, pool, pot, sag, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, tub, valley, vessel, watershed; concepts 494,509,514 …   New thesaurus

• basin — basinal, adj. basined, adj. basinlike, adj. /bay seuhn/, n. 1. a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, esp. for washing. 2. any container of similar… …   Universalium

• Basin —    Or Bason.    1) A trough or laver (Heb. aggan ) for washing (Ex. 24:6); rendered also goblet (Cant. 7:2) and cups (Isa. 22:24).    2) A covered dish or urn (Heb. k for) among the vessels of the temple (1 Chr. 28:17; Ezra 1:10; 8:27).    3) A… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• basin — /ˈbeɪsən / (say baysuhn) noun 1. a circular container of greater width than depth, contracting towards the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing. 2. a sink; washbasin. 3. a small circular container of… …  

• basin — [13] Basin comes via Old French bacin from medieval Latin *bacchinus, a derivative of Vulgar Latin *bacca ‘water vessel’, which may originally have been borrowed from Gaulish. The Old French diminutive bacinet produced English basinet ‘helmet’… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins