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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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case law
Earth science; Mapping science
Law derived from cases, as opposed to law based on statutes or other sources of law.
brightness of a planet
Earth science; Mapping science
A measure of the amount of reflected sunlight which reaches the observer. It depends on the planet's location relative to the Sun and Earth and on the albedo of the planet's ...
bx curve
Earth science; Mapping science
A graphical representation of the errors, in the x-direction, of horizontal coordinates, with the errors plotted as ordinates against the x coordinates as abscissae.
private land claim
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) A claim, to a tract of land, that is based on the assertion that title thereto was granted to the claimant or his predecessors in interest by a foreign government (before the ...
Brillouin's geoid
Earth science; Mapping science
The level surface passing through the summit of Mount Everest (Chomulgunga). This is not the geoid; nor is it an approximation to the geoid.
break angle
Earth science; Mapping science
The smaller dihedral angle between the two vertical planes passing through the common exposure station and the principal points of the right and left oblique photographs taken by ...
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