Earth science

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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ballast

Earth science; Mapping science

Selected material, such as crushed stone, placed on the roadbed to hold the railroad tracks in place.

inner constraint adjustment

Earth science; Mapping science

An adjustment in which conditions are imposed on certain arbitrary functions of the unknowns rather than on the unknowns themselves. For example, it may be required that the ...

bathymetry

Earth science; Mapping science

The art or science of determining depths of oceanic or other deep waters.

spheroidal angle

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) An angle (figure) formed by the intersection of segments of two curves on a spheroid. The two segments are called the sides of the spheroidal angle and the point of ...

interlocking angle

Earth science; Mapping science

The angle between the optical axes of any two rigidly connected cameras. Also, in particular, the angle between the optical axes of the vertical and oblique cameras of a multi ...

barotropy

Earth science; Mapping science

The state of stratification of a fluid in which surfaces of constant pressure coincide with surfaces of constant density. It is the state of zero baroclinicity.