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Tons Per Inch Immersion (TPI)


The weight in tons added or removed that increases or decreases the draft one inch. Tons per inch immersion is equivalent to the displacement of a one-inch thick slice of the waterplane. (Also Tonnes Per Centimeter Immersion (TPC))