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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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bench
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) A level or gently sloping, flat surface produced by erosion and inclined seaward. (2) A nearly horizontal region at about the elevation of highest high water or the sea side ...
Benoit's ratio
Earth science; Mapping science
Any one of several ratios, determined by Benoit, between various units of length and the meter. The more important ratios are:
cartographic
Earth science; Mapping science
Associated with cartography; having to do with mapping in a general sense.
equatorial bulge
Earth science; Mapping science
(1) The excess of the Earth's equatorial diameter over its polar diameter. (2) That part of the Earth lying outside a sphere having the Earth's polar diameter as its diameter.
Bienes genaciales
Earth science; Mapping science
In Spanish law, a species of community in property enjoyed by husband and wife, the property being divisible equally between them on the dissolution of the marriage. The ...
Bienes communes
Earth science; Mapping science
In Spanish law, common property: those things which, not being the private property of any person, are open to the use of all, such as rain, water, the sea and its beaches.
angular calibration constant
Earth science; Mapping science
In a camera having several lens systems, or in an assemblage of several cameras, the values of the angles between the optical axes of the several lens systems or cameras and a ...
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