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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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anemometer
Earth science; Mapping science
An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind. There are two common types: the cup anemometer, which uses freely rotating cups spun by the wind, and that which uses the air ...
multiple base altimetry
Earth science; Mapping science
Altimetry in which the variations of pressure with time are measured and recorded at fixed sites within the region being surveyed.
barrier island
Earth science; Mapping science
A narrow, sandy island exposed to the open ocean on one side and separated on the other side from the mainland by a narrow, shallow lagoon or embayment. There is a prominent ...
alienation
Earth science; Mapping science
A legal term applied to a transfer of title of a legal conveyance of property to another person.
self indexing alidade
Earth science; Mapping science
An alidade containing a damped pendulum which automatically brings the index mark of the vertical arc to the correct reading on the scale even if the base of the alidade is not ...
angle-to left
Earth science; Mapping science
The horizontal angle, measured counterclockwise, from the preceding leg of a traverse to the following leg.
baroclinicity
Earth science; Mapping science
That state of stratification, in a fluid, in which surfaces of constant pressure intersect surfaces of constant density.
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