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5301 | synoptic forecast | WEATHER FORECAST based on SYNOPTIC OBSERVATION. |
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5302 | synoptic hour | Hour, expressed in terms of UT, at which, by international agreement, METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS are made simultaneously throughout the glo... more |
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5303 | synoptic meteorology | Branch of METEOROLOGY which is concerned with the study of METEOROLOGICAL ELEMENTS in space. It is based on the analysis of the SYNOPTIC CHA... more |
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5304 | synoptic observation | METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION made at the same time (SYNOPTIC HOUR) at numerous stations to obtain general representation of the state of the a... more |
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5305 | synthetic aperture radar (SAR) | A RADAR with a synthetic aperture antenna which is composed of a large number of elementary transducing elements. The signals are electroni... more |
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5306 | syntony | The situation of two or more oscillating circuits having the same RESONANT FREQUENCY. |
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5307 | systematic error | See ERROR. |
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5308 | system development | The development of a program system comprising analysis, design, programming, testing, and implementation. |
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5309 | systems of sounding lines | The predetermined lines that the SURVEY platform is to follow for the best development of the DEPTH CONTOURS in an area. |
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5310 | Système International (SI System) | System of metric measures consisting of seven basic units which are METRE, KILOGRAMME, SECOND, AMPERE, Kelvin, MOLE and CANDELA. |
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5311 | syzygy | In ASTRONOMY, either of two opposing points in the ORBIT of a PLANET or SATELLITE, especially of the MOON, at which it is in CONJUNCTION wi... more |
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5312 | syzygy tide | See TIDE. |
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5313 | table | An orderly, condensed arrangement of numerical or other information, usually in parallel vertical columns. See CONVERSION TABLE, CURRENT TA... more |
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5314 | tableland | An elevated region of LAND with a generally level surface of large or considerable extent; a lofty PLAIN; a PLATEAU. |
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5315 | tablemount | A SEAMOUNT having a comparatively smooth flat top. Also called guyot. |
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5316 | tabular berg | A flat-topped ICEBERG. Most tabular bergs form by breaking from an ICE SHELF and show horizontal banding. |
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5317 | tabulation | Orderly arrangement as in a TABLE. |
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5318 | tachometer | A device that indicates or measures the revolutions per MINUTE of a revolving shaft or the VELOCITY of a machine. |
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5319 | tachymeter (or tacheometer) | A surveying instrument designed for use in the rapid determination of distance, DIRECTION, and difference of ELEVATION from a single OBSERV... more |
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5320 | tachymetry | A method of SURVEYING for the rapid determination of distance, DIRECTION, and relative ELEVATION of a point with respect to the instrument... more |