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2141 | ground control | See CONTROL. |
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2142 | ground control point | See CONTROL POINT. |
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2143 | ground distance | The great-circle distance between two ground positions, as contrasted with SLANT DISTANCE. Also called ground range. |
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2144 | ground effects | Influence exerted by the GROUND on the propagation of ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES. |
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2145 | ground ice | See ANCHOR ICE. |
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2146 | ground layer | Thin layer of air adjacent to the EARTH's surface and of a depth which has been variously given as 10 m to 100 m. Also called surface bound... more |
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2147 | ground log | See LOG. |
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2148 | ground nadir | See NADIR. |
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2149 | ground parallel | See PARALLEL. |
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2150 | ground photograph | See PHOTOGRAPH: TERRESTRIAL. |
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2151 | ground plane | In PHOTOGRAMMETRY, the horizontal plane passing through the GROUND NADIR of a CAMERA STATION. |
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2152 | ground range | See GROUND DISTANCE. |
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2153 | ground resolution | See RESOLUTION. |
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2154 | ground speed | In AIR NAVIGATION, the rate of motion of an aircraft along its TRACK with relation to the GROUND. See also AIR SPEED. |
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2155 | ground survey | See SURVEY. |
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2156 | ground swell | A long high ocean swell; also, this SWELL as it rises to prominent HEIGHT in SHALLOW WATER, however, usually not so high or dangerous as BLI... more |
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2157 | ground truth | The information acquired by a field study to calibrate or verify geographical data acquired by remote sensing. |
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2158 | ground wave | See WAVE. |
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2159 | group | A term distinguishing a LIGHT exhibiting two or more flashes or OCCULTATIONS from one exhibiting a single flash or single OCCULTATION. |
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2160 | group velocity | The VELOCITY of a wave disturbance as a whole, i.e., of an entire group of component simple harmonic waves. |