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5221 | surface navigation | See NAVIGATION. |
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5222 | surface of position | A surface on some point of which a craft is located. |
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5223 | surface reflection | The return of SOUND RAYS to depth after striking the sea surface. |
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5224 | surface temperature | Temperature of the water of the surface layer of the SEA (or LAKE, RIVER, etc.). |
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5225 | surface wave | See WAVE. |
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5226 | surf zone | The area between the outermost BREAKER and the limit of wave UPRUSH. |
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5227 | surge | A ship's bodily motion forward and backward along the longitudinal axis, caused by the force of the sea acting alternately on the bow and st... more |
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5228 | surge | v.i.). To rise and fall, as a vessel at anchor. To vary abruptly and momentarily in amount, as an electric current in a circuit. |
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5229 | surge: negative | An occasion when the level of the sea is lower than the predicted level. It is caused by meteorological conditions. |
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5230 | surge: positive | An occasion when the level of the sea is higher than the predicted level. It is caused by meteorological conditions. |
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5231 | surging breaker | See BREAKER. |
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5232 | surround | See MARGIN. |
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5233 | survey | The orderly process of determining DATA relating to the physical or chemical characteristics of the EARTH. The act or operation of making m... more |
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5234 | survey: aerial | A SURVEY using AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS as part of the surveying operation; also the taking of AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS for surveying purposes. |
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5235 | survey: cadastral | A SURVEY relating to land boundaries and subdivisions, made to create units suitable for transfer or to define the limitations of title. Als... more |
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5236 | survey: coastal | HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY of coastal area including COASTLINING. |
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5237 | survey: exploratory | A SURVEY executed for the purpose of obtaining general information concerning areas about which such information was not, previously, a matt... more |
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5238 | survey: geodetic | A SURVEY in which the figure and size of the EARTH is considered. It is applicable for large areas and long lines and is used for the precis... more |
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5239 | survey: geologic(al) | A SURVEY or investigation of the character and structure of the EARTH, of the physical changes which the EARTH'S CRUST has undergone or is u... more |
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5240 | survey: graphic control | A skeleton SURVEY made by PLANE TABLE for the purpose of (a) locating the HYDROGRAPHIC SIGNALS, (b) locating additional CONTROL from AERIAL ... more |