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4341 | refraction of water waves | The process by which the direction of a WAVE moving in SHALLOW WATER at an angle to the contours is changed. That part of the WAVE advancing... more |
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4342 | refuge | A place of safety for a vessel in danger. |
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4343 | regime | In CLIMATOLOGY, term used to characterize the seasonal distribution of one or more elements at a given place. |
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4344 | registration | Correct positioning of one component of a composite map image in relation to the other components. Achieved, for example, by punching sets ... more |
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4345 | region A,B | Within the IALA Maritime Buoyage System there are two international buoyage regions, designated as Region A and Region B, where lateral mar... more |
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4346 | regression of the nodes | Precessional motion of a set of NODES. The expression is used principally with respect to the MOON, the NODES of which make a complete west... more |
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4347 | regular error | See ERROR: SYSTEMATIC. |
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4348 | relative accuracy | See ACCURACY: RELATIVE. |
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4349 | relative aperture | See APERTURE: RELATIVE. |
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4350 | relative bearing | See BEARING. |
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4351 | relative humidity | The ratio of the actual vapor pressure to the vapor pressure corresponding to saturation at the prevailing temperature. |
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4352 | relative motion | Motion of one object or body relative to another. The expression is usually used in connection with problems involving motion of one craft, ... more |
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4353 | relative orientation | See ORIENTATION. |
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4354 | relative position | See POSITION. |
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4355 | relative speed | See RELATIVE MOVEMENT. |
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4356 | relative tilt | See TILT. |
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4357 | relative wind | For a moving object, WIND VECTOR relative to this object. Also called apparent wind. See TRUE WIND. |
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4358 | release | A device for holding or releasing a mechanism, particularly the device by which the TANGENT SCREW of a SEXTANT or surveying instrument is h... more |
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4359 | relief | The ELEVATIONS or the inequalities, collectively, of a land surface; represented on a MAP or CHART by CONTOURS, HYPSOMETRIC TINTS, SHADING... more |
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4360 | relief: submarine | Inequalities of the ocean bed, or their representation on a CHART. |