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Eng ID | Term | Definition |
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3181 | mean range (of tide) | The difference in the HEIGHT between MEAN HIGH WATER and MEAN LOW WATER. |
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3182 | mean rise (of tide) | The HEIGHT of MEAN HIGH WATER above the CHART DATUM. |
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3183 | mean sea level | The average HEIGHT of the surface of the SEA at a TIDE STATION for all stages of the TIDE over a 19-year period, usually determined from ho... more |
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3184 | mean solar day | See DAY: SOLAR. |
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3185 | mean solar time | See TIME. |
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3186 | mean sounding velocity | Mean values for VELOCITY OF SOUND through the vertical water column of specific DEPTHS based on different VELOCITIES OF SOUND in different ... more |
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3187 | mean sphere depth | The uniform DEPTH to which the water would cover the EARTH if the solid surface were smoothed off and were parallel to the surface of the G... more |
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3188 | mean spring range | See SPRING RANGE. |
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3189 | mean spring rise | The HEIGHT of MEAN HIGH WATER SPRINGS above the CHART DATUM. Also called spring rise. |
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3190 | mean square error | See ERROR. |
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3191 | mean sun | See SUN. |
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3192 | mean tide level | See HALF TIDE LEVEL. |
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3193 | mean time | See TIME: MEAN SOLAR. |
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3194 | mean water level | The average surface level of a body of water. |
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3195 | measured distance | A COURSE at SEA, whose ends are indicated by RANGES ashore, and whose length has been accurately measured for determining the SPEED of vess... more |
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3196 | measured mile | A MEASURED DISTANCE of one NAUTICAL MILE. |
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3197 | measurement | The (detailed) dimensions of a physical quantity. |
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3198 | median line | A line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points on the baselines of two or more states between which it lies. |
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3199 | median valley | The axial DEPRESSION of the mid-oceanic RIDGE system. See RIFT. |
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3200 | medimarimeter | An apparatus for recording the MEAN SEA LEVEL. |