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3461 | new edition (of chart) | In British terminology, a new printing of an existing CHART embodying the latest information received in the Hydrographic Department. The ... more |
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3462 | new ice | A general term which includes FRAZIL ICE, SLUSH, SLUDGE, PANCAKE ICE and ICE RIND. |
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3463 | new moon | See PHASES OF THE MOON. |
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3464 | new print (of chart) | In U.S. terminology, a new issue of a CHART embodying only minor corrections. Such corrections are applied to the NEGATIVES and a new printi... more |
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3465 | new print date (of chart) | In U.S. terminology, the date when a NEW PRINT of a CHART is issued which embodies changes or corrections of a relatively minor character. T... more |
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3466 | new survey | See RESURVEY. |
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3467 | newton | The unit of force in the SI SYSTEM. |
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3468 | lichenhead | Large blocks of CORAL torn loose from the outer face of a REEF and tossed on to the REEF FLAT by STORM WAVES or TSUNAMIS. The blocks are bla... more |
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3469 | night effect (or error) | See ERROR: POLARIZATION. |
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3470 | nimbostratus | See CLOUD GENERA. |
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3471 | nipped | (adj. and adv.). Said of a ship which is BESET when ICE forcibly presses against it. See BESET, ICEBOUND. |
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3472 | nipping | The closing of ICE around a ship so that the ship is BESET and subjected to pressure from the ICE. |
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3473 | no anchoring area | A ROUTEING measure comprising an area within defined limits where anchoring is hazardous or could result in unacceptable damage to the marin... more |
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3474 | no-bottom sounding(s) | See SOUNDING. |
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3475 | no-check position | See STATION: INTERSECTION. |
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3476 | noctiluca | A genus of usually pale pink luminescent dinoflagellates large enough to be seen by the unaided eye. This particular organism is responsible... more |
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3477 | nocturnal arc | See ARC: ASTRONOMICAL. |
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3478 | nodal point | In optics, one of the two points on the OPTICAL AXIS of a LENS (or a system of LENSES) such that a RAY emergent from the second point is par... more |
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3479 | nodal point: emergent | See NODAL POINT. |
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3480 | nodal point: front | See NODAL POINT. |