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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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airport zoning
Earth science; Mapping science
Regulations (zoning) that govern land use, heights of buildings, and natural growth in the region surrounding an airport.
amplifier
Earth science; Mapping science
A device in which an input of varying voltage, current, or power is amplified. Any electronic distance measuring instrument, angle measuring instrument or frequency measuring ...
locking angle
Earth science; Mapping science
The complement of the interlocking angle. The angular depression of the oblique photograph when the tilt of the vertical photograph is zero.
spectral band
Earth science; Mapping science
A sequence of wavelengths or frequencies lying between two given values.
chromatic aberration
Earth science; Mapping science
The separation, by an optical or other system, of a single ray of polychromatic light in object space into distinct monochromatic rays in image space, without recombining them. ...
celestial ballistics
Earth science; Mapping science
Celestial mechanics applied to the motion of artificial satellites.
statistical astronomy
Earth science; Mapping science
That part of astronomy which is concerned with the statistical distribution of the locations, motions, and other characteristics of stars and galaxies. It finds its subject ...
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