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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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central bank
Earth science; Mapping science
A bank's bank and a public authority that regulates a nation's depository institutions and controls the quantity of money.
rotating prism camera
Earth science; Mapping science
A class of panoramic camera in which a double dove prism in front of the lens system is rotated while the lens system itself remains fixed. This configuration allows ...
supplementary bench mark
Earth science; Mapping science
A temporary bench mark placed at the junction between two sections of a line of levels. The term is obsolete.
centuriatio
Earth science; Mapping science
The Roman system of land surveying, carried out as rectangular surveys.
compiler
Earth science; Mapping science
A program converting a program written in a code (language) other than that directly usable by the computer into the code used by the computer (machine language).
bubble axis
Earth science; Mapping science
The horizontal line tangent to the upper surface of the centered bubble, in a spirit level, which lies in the vertical plane through the longitudinal axis of the vial.
bathymetric chart
Earth science; Mapping science
A topographic map of the bed of the ocean or other body of water. Bathymetric charts usually indicate depths by contour lines, with meaningfully tinted zones between curves. ...
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