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Eng ID | Term | Definition |
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4461 | rod: sounding | See SOUNDING POLE. |
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4462 | rodded points | Points where the ROD was actually held, as opposed to points sketched in between. |
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4463 | rodman | A person using a surveying ROD. |
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4464 | Roentgen rays | See X-RAYS. |
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4465 | roll (or rolling) | The oscillation of a ship about the longitudinal axis. In PHOTOGRAMMETRY, a rotation of a CAMERA or a photograph-coordinate system about ei... more |
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4466 | roller | An indefinite term, sometimes considered to denote one of a series of long-crested, large WAVES which roll in upon a COAST, as after a STORM... more |
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4467 | rollers: blind | See BLIND ROLLERS. |
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4468 | roof prism | A type of prism in which the IMAGE is reverted by a roof, that is, two surfaces inclined at 90° to each other. |
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4469 | root mean square error | See ERROR: STANDARD. |
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4470 | rose | Name given to a COMPASS CARD, or other DIAGRAM, having radiating lines. |
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4471 | Rossby wave(s) | Ignoring friction or depth changes; if a parcel of water with no initial relative vorticity (i.e. no rotation) is moved northward, as f (the... more |
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4472 | rotary current | See CURRENT. |
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4473 | rotary stream | See CURRENT: ROTARY. |
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4474 | rotating light | See LIGHT. |
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4475 | rotating loop radiobeacon | See ROTATING RADIOBEACON STATION. |
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4476 | rotating prism | See DOVE PRISM. |
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4477 | rotating radiobeacon station | A special type of RADIOBEACON station emitting a BEAM of WAVES to which a uniform turning movement is given, the BEARING of the station bei... more |
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4478 | rotation | Turning of a body about an AXIS within the body, as the daily rotation of the EARTH. See REVOLUTION. |
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4479 | rotten ice | SEA ICE which has become honeycombed in the course of melting, and which is in an advanced state of disintegration. |
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4480 | roundabout | A ROUTEING measure comprising a separation point or circular SEPARATION ZONE and a circular TRAFFIC LANE within defined limits. Traffic with... more |