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2641 | klaxon | A small power FOG SIGNAL sometimes operated by hand. |
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2642 | knoll | A relatively small isolated ELEVATION of a rounded shape. On the SEAFLOOR, an ELEVATION somewhat smaller than a SEAMOUNT and of rounded prof... more |
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2643 | knot | A division of the LOG LINE, by which the ship's SPEED is measured. |
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2644 | kymatology | The science of WAVES and wave motion. |
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2645 | labour (or labor) | (v.i.). To pitch and roll heavily under conditions which subject the ship to unusually heavy stresses caused by confused or turbulent seas o... more |
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2646 | lag | The delay between change of condition and the indication of the change on an instrument. Delay in human reaction. The amount one cyclic moti... more |
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2647 | lagging of the tide(s) | The periodic retardation in the time of occurrence of high and low water due to changes in the relative positions of the moon and the sun. |
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2648 | lagan | See JETTISON. |
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2649 | lagging of the tide(s) | The retardation in the TIME of occurrence of HIGH and LOW WATER due to changes in the relative positions of the MOON and the SUN. The oppos... more |
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2650 | lagoon | An enclosed area of salt or brackish water separated from the OPEN SEA by some more or less effective, but not complete, obstacle such as l... more |
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2651 | Lagrangian current observations | The method for observing ocean currents by tracking the movement of drifting floats, buoys, tracers etc. The rate and direction of moveme... more |
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2652 | lake | A large body of water entirely surrounded by LAND. |
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2653 | lake breeze | See SEA BREEZE. |
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2654 | lake ice | ICE formed in LAKES. |
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2655 | Lambert conformal conic projection | See PROJECTION. |
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2656 | laminar flow | LOW in which the fluid moves smoothly along STREAMLINES which are arranged in parallel LAYERS or sheets; opposite of TURBULENT FLOW. Also ca... more |
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2657 | lamp: signal | A compact, portable battery-operated electric lamp used as a TARGET for OBSERVATIONS or SURVEYS of high PRECISION. The parabolical reflector... more |
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2658 | land | The solid portion of the EARTH's surface, as opposed to SEA, water. A part of the EARTH's surface marked off by natural or political BOUNDAR... more |
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2659 | land breeze | WIND of coastal regions blowing at night from the LAND towards a large water surface as a result of nocturnal cooling of the land surface. |
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2660 | landfall | The first sighting of LAND when approached from seaward. By extension, the term is sometimes used to refer to the first contact with LAND by... more |