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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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A1 time
Earth science; Mapping science
An atomic-time scale established by the U. S. Naval Observatory, with the origin on 1 January 1958 at zero hours UT2 and with the unit (second) equal to the occurrence of ...
abac
Earth science; Mapping science
A nomograph for determining the angle, at a common origin, between the bearing of a great circle and the bearing of a rhumb line to a point. It provides the difference (t minus ...
controlled access
Earth science; Mapping science
The condition existing where the right of owners, or occupants of abutting land, or other persons, to access in connection with a highway is fully or partially controlled by ...
accommodation
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) The ability of the eye to see sharp images of objects that are at different distances. (2) The ability of the eyes to superpose two separate images. (3) The limits within ...
potential acceleration
Earth science; Mapping science
The scaler function, if it exists, which has a gradient equal to the total acceleration of the body.
true bearing
Earth science; Mapping science
The horizontal angle between the meridian line and a line on the Earth. The term true bearing is used in many of the early descriptions of land boundaries in the U. S. A. It ...
beat
Earth science; Mapping science
In some of the southern states of the U. S. A. , (such as Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina), the principal legal subdivision of a county, and corresponding to towns or ...
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