A bilge keel is often in a V shape, welded along the length of the ship at the turn of the bilge. Although not as effective as stabilizing fins, bilge keels have a major advantage in their low impact on internal ship arrangements.
intensify. verb. 1. increase, boost, raise, extend, concentrate, add to, strengthen, enhance, compound, reinforce, step up (informal), emphasize, widen, heighten, sharpen, magnify, amplify, augment, redouble They are intensifying their efforts to secure the release of the hostages.hese Annals of the English Stage, from Thomas Betterton to Edmund [74] Kean, are full of the colours of life in their most emphatic and motley contrasts, as is natural in proportion as the stage itself concentrates and artificially intensifies the character and conditions of ordinary life.
1 As the light intensity increases, the rate of photosynthesis increases. 2  However, the rate will not increase beyond a certain level of light intensity. 3  At high light intensities the rate becomes constant, even with further increases in light intensity, there are no increases in the rate.