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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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adaptation
Earth science; Mapping science
The ability of the eye to adjust its sensitivity to varying intensities of illumination.
balk
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) A low ridge of earth which marks a boundary. (2) A low ridge of earth left unplowed to mark a boundary or thru carelessness.
base color
Earth science; Mapping science
On a polychromatic map, the first color printed to which succeeding colors are registered.
air station
Earth science; Mapping science
The point occupied by the perspective center of an aerial camera at the instant a photograph is taken.
argument of latitude
Earth science; Mapping science
The angle, measured in the orbital plane and at the center of mass of the attracting body (or at the center of mass of both bodies), from the ascending node to the orbiting ...
supplementary angle
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) The figure formed by extending the initial side of an angle beyond the vertex and then removing the initial side. (2) That number which is obtained by subtracting the given ...
parametric amplifier
Earth science; Mapping science
An amplifier which works by adding energy to the input at a frequency in resonance with the input, thus pumping in energy in the same way that the amplitude at which a pendulum ...
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