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2361 | hydrosphere | The waters of the EARTH's surface collectively. The 'water sphere' in comparison and contrast with LITHOSPHERE and ATMOSPHERE. |
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2362 | hydrostatic instability | See INSTABILITY: STATIC. |
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2363 | hydrostatic levelling | The transfer of level between two points by the use of a pipe filled with water laid on the sea bed with vertical sections at each end. |
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2364 | hydrostatic pressure | See PRESSURE. |
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2365 | hydrostatic stability | See STABILITY: STATIC. |
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2366 | hygrograph | HYGROMETER which includes an arrangement for the time recording of atmosphere humidity. |
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2367 | hygrometer | An instrument for measuring the HUMIDITY OF THE AIR. See also PSYCHROMETER. |
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2368 | hygrothermograph | Instrument resulting from the combination of a THERMOGRAPH and a HYGROGRAPH and furnishing, on the same DIAGRAM, simultaneous time recording... more |
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2369 | hyperbola | An open curve with two parts, all points of which have a constant difference in distance from two fixed points called foci. |
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2370 | hyperbolic line of position | A LINE OF POSITION in the shape of a hyperbola, determined by measuring the difference in distance to two fixed points. |
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2371 | hyperbolic navigation | See NAVIGATION. |
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2372 | hyperbolic number(s) | Numerical figures characterizing the hyperbolae of a pattern or LATTICE in a HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM of RADIOLOCATION. |
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2373 | hyperbolic system | Radiolocation system supplying HYPERBOLIC LINES OF POSITION. |
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2374 | hypsograph | A circular instrument of the slide-rule type used to compute ELEVATIONS from vertical angles and horizontal distances. |
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2375 | hypsographic (or hypsometric) curve | A curve used to indicate the proportion of the area of the surface at various ELEVATIONS above or DEPTHS below a given DATUM. |
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2376 | hypsometer | A device for measuring HEIGHTS of land surfaces by the boiling point of water. |
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2377 | hypsometric curve | See HYPSOGRAPHIC CURVE. |
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2378 | hypsometric tints | A succession of shades or colour graduations used to depict ranges of ELEVATIONS. Also called gradient tints or elevation tints. |
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2379 | hypsometry | The determination of ELEVATIONS above SEA LEVEL. Generally applied to the determination of ELEVATIONS through the measurement of air press... more |
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2380 | hysteresis | Retardation or LAG in the effect of changing forces, as in ship's MAGNETISM induced by the EARTH's MAGNETIC FIELD. |