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3981 | port | A place provided with terminal and transfer facilities for loading and discharging cargo or passengers, usually located in a HARBOUR. The l... more |
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3982 | port authority | The entity responsible for administration and maintenance of harbour facilities. |
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3983 | port handbook | A handbook for a specific port. |
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3984 | position | DATA which define the location of a point with respect to a reference system. The COORDINATES which define such a location. The place occupi... more |
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3985 | position: adjusted | An adjusted value of the coordinate position of a point on the EARTH. |
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3986 | position: apparent | In ASTRONOMY, the POSITION of a CELESTIAL BODY reduced to the centre of the EARTH. It differs from the position in which the object is obser... more |
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3987 | position: assumed | A point at which a craft is assumed to be located, particularly one used as preliminary to establishing certain navigational DATA, as that ... more |
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3988 | position: astronomical | A point on the EARTH whose COORDINATES have been determined as a result of OBSERVATION of CELESTIAL BODIES. The expression is usually used ... more |
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3989 | position: dead reckoning | The POSITION of a craft determined by DEAD RECKONING, or by advancing a previous POSITION for COURSES and distances. |
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3990 | position: detached | In HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY, an expression indicating a POSITION taken, to locate ROCKS, floating AIDS TO NAVIGATION, least DEPTHS on SHOALS or ... more |
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3991 | position: estimated | The most probable POSITION of a craft determined from incomplete DATA or DATA of questionable ACCURACY. Such a POSITION might be determined... more |
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3992 | position: field | A POSITION computed while field work is in progress to determine the acceptability of the OBSERVATIONS or to provide a preliminary POSITION... more |
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3993 | position: geodetic | A point on the EARTH, the COORDINATES of which have been determined by TRIANGULATION from an initial STATION whose location has been estab... more |
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3994 | position: geographic(al) | The POSITION of a point on the surface of the EARTH expressed in terms of LATITUDE and LONGITUDE, either ASTRONOMICAL or GEODETIC. A SUB-P... more |
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3995 | position: relative | A point defined with reference to another POSITION, either fixed or moving. |
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3996 | position angle | See PARALLACTIC ANGLE. |
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3997 | position angles | The two sextant angles observed on a SURVEY SHIP for determining its POSITION. |
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3998 | position approximate | Of inexact POSITION. The expression is used principally on CHARTS to indicate that the POSITION of a WRECK, SHOAL, etc., has not been accu... more |
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3999 | position circle | See CIRCLE OF POSITION. |
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4000 | position dilution of precision (PDOP) | See DILUTION OF PRECISION. |