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5701
tripping device
A device to pull equipment out of or to lower it into water.
5702
tripton
Collectively, all of the dead suspended parti­culate matter in aquatic habitats.
5703
trivet
A low support for a surveying instrument which is used where a TRIPOD cannot be used.
5704
trochoidal wave
See WAVE.
5705
tropical cyclone
CYCLONE of tropical origin of small diameter (some hundreds of kilometers). It is charac­terized by violent WIND and torrential RAIN. Someti... more
CYCLONE of tropical origin of small diameter (some hundreds of kilometers). It is charac­terized by violent WIND and torrential RAIN. Sometimes accompanied by a THUNDERSTORM.
5706
tropical month
See MONTH.
5707
tropical year
See YEAR.
5708
tropic higher high water
The HIGHER HIGH WATER of TROPIC TIDES.
5709
tropic higher low water
The HIGHER LOW WATER of TROPIC TIDES.
5710
tropic high water inequality
See DIURNAL INEQUALITY.
5711
tropic lower high water
The LOWER HIGH WATER of TROPIC TIDES.
5712
tropic lower low water
The LOWER LOW WATER of TROPIC TIDES.
5713
tropic low water inequality
See DIURNAL INEQUALITY.
5714
tropic of Cancer
The northern PARALLEL OF DECLINA­TION, approximately 23°27' from the CELESTIAL EQUATOR, reached by the SUN at its maximum northerly DECLINA­... more
The northern PARALLEL OF DECLINA­TION, approximately 23°27' from the CELESTIAL EQUATOR, reached by the SUN at its maximum northerly DECLINA­TION, or the corresponding PARALLEL on the EARTH.
5715
tropic of Capricorn
The southern PARALLEL OF DECLINA­TION, approximately 23°27' from the CELESTIAL EQUATOR, reached by the SUN at its maximum southerly DECLINA­... more
The southern PARALLEL OF DECLINA­TION, approximately 23°27' from the CELESTIAL EQUATOR, reached by the SUN at its maximum southerly DECLINA­TION, or the corresponding PARALLEL on the EARTH.
5716
tropic range
Short for GREAT TROPIC RANGE.
5717
tropics
See TORRID ZONE.
5718
tropic tide
See TIDE.
5719
tropopause
Upper limit of the TROPOSPHERE.
5720
troposphere
Lower part of the terrestrial ATMOSPHERE, extending from the surface up to a HEIGHT varying from about 9 km at the POLES to about 17 km at t... more
Lower part of the terrestrial ATMOSPHERE, extending from the surface up to a HEIGHT varying from about 9 km at the POLES to about 17 km at the EQUATOR, in which temperature de­creases fairly regularly with HEIGHT. From an analogy with the ATMOSPHERE, the term is sometimes applied in OCEANOG­RAPHY to the upper ocean layer of relatively high temperature that is found in middle and lower LATITUDES and within which strong CURRENTS are present. See STRATOSPHERE.