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Earth science

Any of several geological sciences that are concerned with the earth, its origins, and all of its various structures and physical forms and phenomena.

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Biens

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(1) In French law, real and personal property. (2) In English law, property except estates of inheritances and freeholds.

calibration of a camera system

Earth science; Mapping science

Calibration of camera and associated equipment and accessories such as range finder, exposure meter, intervalometer and photographic film or plates.

cylindrical Bouguer gravity anomaly

Earth science; Mapping science

The quantity δg BC obtained by subtracting, from a gravity anomaly Δg, (a) the free air gravity anomaly δg f, and (b) the cylindrical Bouguer gravity correction δg BC : Δg BC ...

chauvenet

Earth science; Mapping science

A single, doubtful observation should be rejected if it is greater in absolute value than the value of a for which.

photogrammetric camera

Earth science; Mapping science

A camera used in any of the several branches of photogrammetry. It is usually considered the same as a metric camera.

inner city

Earth science; Mapping science

An urban local generally recognized as the central commercial or residential part of a city even tho it does not have definite political, geographic, or economic boundaries.

Borda scale

Earth science; Mapping science

A metallic thermometer composed of two metals having different coefficients of thermal expansion. The scale was devised by the French scientist Jean Charles Borda, who placed a ...