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Vessel
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Vessel may refer to: Vessel may also refer to:
  • Blood vessel, a part of the circulatory system and function to transport blood throughout the body
  • Lymph vessel, a thin walled, valved structure that carries lymph
  • Vessel element, a cell type found in xylem
  • Pressure vessel, a closed, rigid container designed to hold gases or liquids at a pressure different from the ambient pressure
  • Vacuum vessel, a pressure vessel where the pressure inside the vessel is lower than the ambient pressure
  • Vessel (song), a song by Nine inch nails.
A boat is a watercraft designed to float or plane on, and provide transport over, water. Usually this water will be inland (lakes) or in protected coastal areas. However, boats such as the whaleboat were historically designed to be operated from a ship in an offshore environment.
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ship is a large watercraft capable of offshore navigation. Ships may be operated by:
  • Governments (military, rescue, research, transportation)
  • Private companies and institutions (transportation, offshore resources, research)
  • Individuals (large yachts, research).

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starship is a theoretical spacecraft designed for traveling between the stars, as opposed to a vehicle designed for orbital spaceflight or interplanetary travel.

The term is mostly found in science fiction, as humanity has not yet constructed such vehicles - while the
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skiff is used, and has been used, to refer to many various types of seemingly unrelated small boats. The word has a complicated etymology: it comes from the Middle English skif, which derives from the Old French esquif
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Container may refer to:
  • an item in which things are stored, such as a box
  • a shipping container, storage for cargo transport, see containerization
  • commercial packaging used to store consumer goods, such as boxes, bottles, and cans; see packaging and

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Vascular tissue is a complex tissue found in vascular plants, meaning that it is composed of more than one cell type. The primary components of vascular tissue are the xylem and phloem. These two tissues transport fluid and nutrients internally.
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In vascular plants, xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue, phloem being the other one. The word "xylem" is derived from classical Greek ξυλον (xylon
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In vascular plants, phloem is the living tissue that carries organic nutrients, particularly sucrose, a sugar, to all parts of the plant where needed. In trees, the phloem is the innermost layer of the bark, hence the name, derived from the Greek word
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The blood vessels are part of the cardiovascular system and function to transport blood throughout the body. The most important types, arteries and veins, carry blood away from or towards the heart, respectively.
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In anatomy, lymph vessels are thin walled, valved structures that carry lymph. As part of the lymphatic system, lymph vessels are complimentary with the vascular system. In contrast to the vascular system, which carries blood under pressure to the entire body, lymph is not under
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vessel element is one of the cell types found in xylem, the water conducting tissue of plants. Vessel elements are typically found in the angiosperms but absent from most gymnosperms such as the conifers.
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A pressure vessel is a closed, rigid container designed to hold gases or liquids at a pressure different from the ambient pressure. The end caps fitted to the cylindrical body are called heads.
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