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	Eng ID	Term	Definition
	2941	long range navigation	See NAVIGATION.
	2942	longshore current	A current paralleling the shore largely within the surf zone. It is caused by the excess water brought to the zone by the small net mass tra... more A current paralleling the shore largely within the surf zone. It is caused by the excess water brought to the zone by the small net mass transport of wind waves. Longshore currents feed into rip currents.
	2943	lookout station	A distinctive structure or place on SHORE from which personnel keep watch upon events at SEA or along the COAST.
	2944	lookout tower	Any tower surmounted by a small house in which a watch is habitually kept, as distinguished from an OBSERVATION TOWER in which no watch is ... more Any tower surmounted by a small house in which a watch is habitually kept, as distinguished from an OBSERVATION TOWER in which no watch is kept.
	2945	loom	The glow of a light which is below the HORIZON, caused by REFLECTION by solid particles in the air. Vague first appearance of LAND at SEA.
	2946	looming	An apparent ELEVATION of distant terrestrial objects by abnormal ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION. Because of looming, objects below the HORIZON are ... more An apparent ELEVATION of distant terrestrial objects by abnormal ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION. Because of looming, objects below the HORIZON are sometimes visible. The opposite is SINKING. The appearance indistinctly of an object during a period of low VISIBILITY.
	2947	loop	In OCEANOGRAPHY, that part of a STANDING WAVE where the vertical motion is greatest and the horizontal VELOCITIES are least. Loops (sometim... more In OCEANOGRAPHY, that part of a STANDING WAVE where the vertical motion is greatest and the horizontal VELOCITIES are least. Loops (sometimes called antinodes) are associated with CLAPOTIS and with SEICHE action resultant from resonant wave reflecting in a HARBOUR or BAY.
	2948	loop antenna	A DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA consisting essentially of one or more complete turns of wire.
	2949	lost' station	See STATION: UNRECOVERABLE.
	2950	lough	Irish equivalent of the Scottish LOCH.
	2951	louver shutter	See SHUTTER.
	2952	love wave (or Q-wave)	See WAVE.
	2953	low	See DEPRESSION.
	2954	lower branch	That half of a MERIDIAN or CELESTIAL MERIDIAN from POLE to POLE which passes through the ANTIPODE or NADIR of a place.
	2955	lower culmination	See MERIDIAN TRANSIT.
	2956	lower high water (L.H.W.)	The lower of two HIGH WATERS occurring during a TIDAL DAY if the DIURNAL INEQUALITY prevails.
	2957	lower high water interval	See LUNITIDAL INTERVAL.
	2958	lower limb	See LIMB.
	2959	lower low water (L.L.W.)	The lower of two LOW WATERS occurring during a TIDAL DAY if the DIURNAL INEQUALITY prevails.
	2960	lower low water interval	See LUNITIDAL INTERVAL.
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