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2321 | horizontal plane | See PLANE. |
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2322 | horizon trace | In PHOTOGRAMMETRY, an imaginary line, in the plane of a PHOTOGRAPH, which represents the IMAGE of the TRUE HORIZON; it corresponds to the i... more |
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2323 | horn | FOG SIGNAL using compressed air or electricity to vibrate a diaphragm. Horns exist in a variety of types which differ greatly in their SOUND... more |
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2324 | horn buoy | See BUOY: SOUND. |
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2325 | hour | A 24th part of a DAY. |
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2326 | hour angle | ANGULAR DISTANCE west of a CELESTIAL MERIDIAN, the arc of the CELESTIAL EQUATOR, or the angle at the CELESTIAL POLE, between the UPPER BRANC... more |
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2327 | hour circle | A GREAT CIRCLE on the CELESTIAL SPHERE passing through the CELESTIAL POLES. Also called declination circle, circle of declination, or circl... more |
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2328 | hulk | The hull of a wrecked or condemned ship, from which the fittings and superstructure have usually been removed, which is MOORED in a permane... more |
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2329 | humidity | Atmospheric water vapour content, expressed in any of several measures, such as relative humidity. |
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2330 | humidity of the air | Water vapour content of the air. |
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2331 | hummock | A natural ELEVATION of the EARTH's surface resembling a HILLOCK, but smaller and lower. In ice terminology, a mound of ICE raised by pressu... more |
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2332 | hummocked ice | SEA ICE piled haphazardly one piece over another, and which may be weathered. |
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2333 | hummocking | Pressure process by which LEVEL ICE becomes broken up into HUMMOCKS. |
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2334 | Hunter short base apparatus | A BASE APPARATUS designed for measuring short BASES by the subtended method. It consists of a jointed STEEL TAPE made up of four sections su... more |
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2335 | hunting | Fluctuation about a midpoint due to INSTABILITY, as OSCILLATIONS of the needle of an instrument about the zero point, or alternate LEAD an... more |
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2336 | hurricane | Term, derived from a Caribbean word, first applied to TROPICAL CYCLONES of the Caribbean Sea. WIND with a speed equal to or greater than 58 ... more |
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2337 | hurricane warning | See WARNING. |
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2338 | hydrograph | Used in oceanography. The tidal current vector hydrograph is the figure traced out by the tip of a vector representing the current over the ... more |
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2339 | hydrographer | A person who studies and practices the science of HYDROGRAPHY; the term is often applied to the person in charge of a hydrographic departmen... more |
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2340 | hydrographic airborne laser sounder | A system for measuring the depth of water by sending a LASER pulse from an aircraft and recording the time difference between the sea surfac... more |