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5041 | station: recoverable | A STATION artificially marked by well defined natural or artificial objects, whose GEOGRAPHIC POSITION has been accurately determined and wh... more |
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5042 | station: reference | A place where tide or tidal current constants have been determined from OBSERVATIONS, and which is used as a STANDARD for the comparison of ... more |
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5043 | station: resection | A STATION located by RESECTION methods. |
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5044 | station: satellite | See ECCENTRIC STATION. |
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5045 | station: secondary | See STATION: SUPPLEMENTARY. |
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5046 | station: subordinate | One of the places for which tide or tidal current predictions are determined by applying a CORRECTION to the predictions of a REFERENCE STAT... more |
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5047 | station: subsidiary | A STATION established to overcome some local obstacle to the progress of a SURVEY, and not to determine position data for the station point. |
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5048 | station: supplementary | An auxiliary STATION, established to increase the number of CONTROL STATIONS in a given area, or to place a STATION in a desired location... more |
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5049 | station: survey | See STATION. |
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5050 | station: tide | A place where TIDAL OBSERVATIONS are obtained. It is a primary tide station when continuous OBSERVATIONS are available for a sufficient numb... more |
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5051 | station: topographic | A definite point on the EARTH, whose GEOGRAPHIC POSITION has been determined by graphic methods, usually by PLANE TABLE TRAVERSE or graphi... more |
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5052 | station: traverse | A definite point on the EARTH whose POSITION has been determined from another known point by linear measurements controlled in AZIMUTH by a... more |
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5053 | station: triangulation | A recoverable point on the EARTH, whose GEOGRAPHIC POSITION has been determined by angular methods with geodetic instruments. A triangulatio... more |
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5054 | station: trigonometric | See STATION: TRIANGULATION. |
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5055 | station: unrecoverable | A TRIANGULATION STATION that cannot be found and cannot be included in the TRIANGULATION to connect it with a new DATUM. Sometimes called 'l... more |
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5056 | stationary wave | See WAVE: STANDING. |
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5057 | stationary wave theory | A theory which assumes that the basic tide motion in the open OCEAN consists of a system of STANDING WAVE oscillations; PROGRESSIVE WAVES a... more |
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5058 | station buoy | A BUOY used to mark the approximate POSITION of an important BUOY or LIGHTSHIP should it be carried away or temporarily removed. Also called... more |
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5059 | station error | See DEFLECTION OF THE VERTICAL. |
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5060 | station mark (or marker) | A buried mark-stone, a metal plug or disk, or any kind of permanent MARK intended to provide a means of re-identifying main CONTROL STATION... more |