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Eng ID | Term | Definition |
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5901 | watch: comparing | A HACK WATCH, particularly one having its ERROR determined by comparison with a CHRONOMETER. |
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5902 | watch: hack | A WATCH used for timing OBSERVATIONS of CELESTIAL BODIES regulating ship's CLOCKS, etc. |
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5903 | watch: stop | A WATCH that can be started, stopped, and reset at will, to indicate elapsed time. |
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5904 | watch buoy | See STATION BUOY. |
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5905 | water bottle | A device for collecting WATER SAMPLES from varying DEPTHS. They are lowered in an 'open' state to the required DEPTH and can be closed befor... more |
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5906 | water bottle: insulated (or insulating) | A WATER BOTTLE specially designed for measuring temperatures and collecting WATER SAMPLES at moderate DEPTHS. This type of WATER BOTTLE is i... more |
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5907 | water bottle: reversing | A WATER BOTTLE specially designed for use in deep sea waters. The bottle is lowered by wire and can be closed watertight at any desired DEP... more |
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5908 | water colour | See SEA WATER: COLOUR OF. |
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5909 | water column | A vertical continuum of water from sea surface to sea-bed. |
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5910 | water content | A ratio; 100 multiplied by the weight of water in a bottom sediment sample divided by the weight of the dried sample, expressed as a percent... more |
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5911 | watercourse | A STREAM of water, a RIVER or a BROOK; also an artificial CHANNEL for the conveyance of water. |
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5912 | water front | LAND at the end of a STREAM, HARBOUR, etc. The part of a city or town on such LAND; WHARF or dock area. |
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5913 | water levelling | See LEVELLING. |
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5914 | waterline | The line marking the junction of LAND and water. The line along which the surface of the water touches a vessel's hull. Also written as two ... more |
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5915 | water-parting | A summit or boundary line separating the drainage districts of two STREAMS or COASTS; a divide or WATERSHED. |
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5916 | water sample | A portion of water brought up from a certain DEPTH to determine its composition, or physical properties viz: temperature, SALINITY and DENSI... more |
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5917 | water sampler | Any device for obtaining a WATER SAMPLE. Also called water sampling device. See WATER BOTTLE. |
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5918 | watershed | WATER-PARTING. The whole region or area contributing to the supply of a RIVER or LAKE; drainage area; catchment area or BASIN. |
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5919 | water signal | See SIGNAL. |
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5920 | water sky | Typical dark patches and strips on low CLOUDS over a water area enclosed in ICE or behind its edge. |