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4541 | satellite geodesy | See GEODESY. |
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4542 | satellite navigation | A positioning method using satellites. |
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4543 | satellite sounding | SOUNDING effected by means of instruments placed on board an ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE. |
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4544 | satellite station | See ECCENTRIC STATION. |
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4545 | saturation | The condition existing when the greatest possible amount of anything has been reached, as a magnetic substance which cannot be further magne... more |
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4546 | Savonius rotor current meter | A low-threshold current speed sensor composed of two cylindrical VANES disposed to form an S-shaped rotor responsive to a wide SPECTRUM of h... more |
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4547 | SBES | See SINGLE BEAM ECHO SOUNDER |
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4548 | scale | A series of marks or GRADUATIONS at definite intervals. The ratio between the linear dimensions of a CHART, MAP, drawing, etc., and the actu... more |
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4549 | scale: bar | A graduated line on a MAP, PLAN, PHOTOGRAPH, or MOSAIC, by means of which actual ground distances may be determined. Also called graphic sc... more |
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4550 | scale: border | A SCALE drawn along the BORDER OF CHART. |
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4551 | scale: equivalent | The relationship which a small distance on a MAP, CHART or graphic bears to the corresponding distance on the EARTH, expressed as an equiv... more |
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4552 | scale: fractional | See SCALE: NATURAL. |
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4553 | scale: graphic | See SCALE: BAR. |
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4554 | scale: large | A SCALE involving a relatively small reduction in size. A large scale CHART is one covering a small area. The opposite is SMALL SCALE. See S... more |
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4555 | scale: latitude | The subdivided east and west borders of a MERCATOR CHART into DEGREES and MINUTES. A variant of the BAR SCALE, since a MINUTE of LATITUDE ... more |
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4556 | scale: linear | See SCALE: BAR. |
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4557 | scale: logarithmic | A SCALE graduated in the logarithms of uniformly-spaced consecutive numbers. |
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4558 | scale: log factor | In HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS, a proportional DIAGRAM constructed for the SCALE of the SURVEY sheet by means of which the LOG FACTOR can be quic... more |
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4559 | scale: natural | The ratio between the linear dimensions of a CHART, drawing, etc., and the actual linear dimensions represented, expressed as a proportion. ... more |
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4560 | scale: numerical | See SCALE: NATURAL. |