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1901 | fog horn | A HORN used as a FOG SIGNAL. |
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1902 | fog patches | FOG in banks irregularly distributed. |
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1903 | fog signal | A warning SIGNAL transmitted by a vessel or AID TO NAVIGATION during period of low VISIBILITY. Also the device producing such a SIGNAL. |
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1904 | fog signal: explosive | Detonation of an explosive used as a navigational warning during low VISIBILITY. |
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1905 | fog signal: radio | A regularly recurring distinctive SIGNAL sent out by a RADIOBEACON during thick WEATHER. |
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1906 | fog siren | A siren used as a FOG SIGNAL. |
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1907 | fog trumpet | A trumpet used as a FOG SIGNAL. |
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1908 | fog whistle | A whistle used as a FOG SIGNAL. |
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1909 | following sea | A SEA in which the WAVES move in the general direction of the HEADING. |
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1910 | following wind | WIND blowing in the general direction of a vessel's COURSE. |
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1911 | font | Complete assortment of all the different characters of a particular size and style of type. |
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1912 | Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) | Aims at the improvement of the standard of living, especially of the rural population of third world countries, by increasing the production... more |
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1913 | foot | (pl. feet). A unit of length equal to 12 INCHES, 1/6 of a FATHOM, or 30.480 centimetres. |
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1914 | foot of the continental slope | The point of maximum change of gradient at the base of the CONTINENTAL SLOPE. |
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1915 | footscrew | See LEVELLING SCREW. |
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1916 | forced convection | See CONVECTION. |
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1917 | forced wave | See WAVE. |
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1918 | foreland | A CAPE or PROMONTORY. |
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1919 | Forel scale | A colour scale employed as a means of determining the COLOUR OF SEA WATER. |
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1920 | foreshore | That part of SHORE which lies between HIGH and LOW WATER MARK at ordinary TIDE. |