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Watch

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006526

A period of duty on a vessel, during which a crew member or group of crew members is responsible for the safe operation and navigation of the ship. Watches are typically divided into fixed time intervals to maintain continuous vigilance. A standard watch period is four hours.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-006526
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMarine and shipyard
TranslationsGerman: Wache; Spanish: guardia; French: quart
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006526",
  "term": "Watch",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A period of duty on a vessel, during which a crew member or group of crew members is responsible for the safe operation and navigation of the ship. Watches are typically divided into fixed time intervals to maintain continuous vigilance. A standard watch period is four hours.",
  "subject": "Marine and shipyard",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Wache",
    "es": "guardia",
    "fr": "quart"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/watch/"
}

Record 7,084 of 7,311 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.