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4841 | solar day | See DAY. |
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4842 | solar eclipse | See ECLIPSE. |
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4843 | solar parallax | See PARALLAX. |
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4844 | solar radiation | RADIATION emitted by the SUN. |
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4845 | solar system | The SUN and other CELESTIAL BODIES within its gravitational influence, including PLANETS, PLANETOIDS, SATELLITES, COMETS, and METEORS. |
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4846 | solar tide | See TIDE. |
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4847 | solar time | See TIME. |
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4848 | solar year | See YEAR: TROPICAL. |
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4849 | solenoid | A coil of wire, often helical in form, which becomes an electromagnet when an electric current is passed through it. |
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4850 | solid | Matter of stable shape, not liquid or fluid. |
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4851 | solitary wave | See WAVE. |
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4852 | solstice | One of the two points of the ECLIPTIC farthest from the CELESTIAL EQUATOR; one of the two points on the CELESTIAL SPHERE occupied by the SUN... more |
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4853 | solsticial colure | See COLURE: SOLSTICIAL. |
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4854 | solsticial point | See SOLSTICE. |
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4855 | solsticial tide(s) | See TIDE. |
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4856 | sonar | A system of determining distance of an underwater object by measuring the interval of time between transmission of an underwater sonic or ... more |
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4857 | sonargram | The analog echo record produced by the side scan sonar recording device on special chemically-treated paper. |
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4858 | sonar target | An object which reflects a sufficient amount of a sonar signal to produce a detectable echo signal at the sonar equipment. |
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4859 | sonic bearing | See BEARING. |
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4860 | sonic depth finder | See ECHO SOUNDER. |