the percentage of that space which can be occupied by water. The volume of a space which extends above the margin line shall be measured only to the height of that line.
The floodable length at a given point is the maximum portion of the length of the ship, having its centre at the point in question, which can be flooded, under the assumption for permeability given below, without the ship being submerged beyond the margin line.
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