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61 | age of phase inequality | The time interval between new or full moon and the maximum effect of these phases upon the range of tide or the speed of the tidal current. |
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62 | age of the moon | The elapsed time since the last new moon; usually expressed in DAYS and fractions of a DAY. See PHASES OF THE MOON. |
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63 | age of tide | See AGE OF PHASE INEQUALITY. |
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64 | agger | See TIDE: DOUBLE. |
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65 | aggradation | See ACCRETION. |
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66 | agonic line | The line through all points on the EARTH's surface at which the MAGNETIC VARIATION is zero. |
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67 | aground | Touching, resting or lodged on the BOTTOM of shallow water. The opposite is AFLOAT. |
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68 | ahead | Bearing approximately 000° relative. The term is often used loosely for dead ahead or bearing exactly 000° relative. The opposite is ASTERN. |
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69 | aid to navigation | A visual, acoustical, or RADIO device, external to a ship, designed to assist in determining a safe COURSE or a vessel’s POSITION, or to war... more |
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70 | aiming line | See COLLIMATION: LINE OF. |
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71 | air almanac | See under ALMANAC. |
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72 | air base | In PHOTOGRAMMETRY, the line joining two AIR STATIONS, or the length of this line; also, the distance (at the SCALE of the STEREOSCOPIC MODEL... more |
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73 | air camera | A CAMERA specially designed for use in flying craft. |
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74 | air mass | Ensemble of air particles whose PATHS and physical properties exhibit, in the horizontal, only small and continuous differences. The mass ma... more |
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75 | air navigation | See NAVIGATION. |
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76 | air photograph | See PHOTOGRAPH: AERIAL. |
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77 | air photography | See PHOTOGRAPHY: AERIAL. |
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78 | air sextant | See SEXTANT. |
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79 | air speed | The SPEED of an aircraft relative to the surrounding ATMOSPHERE. As opposed to GROUND SPEED. |
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80 | air station | In PHOTOGRAMMETRY, the point in space occupied by the camera lens at the moment of EXPOSURE. Also called exposure station or camera station... more |