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Strikes, Sympathetic No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
string No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Stringed instruments No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Stringed instruments--Construction No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
String fen A peatland with roughly parallel narrow ridges of peat dominated by fenland vegetation interspersed with slight depressions, many of which contain shallow pools GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
String fen A peatland with roughly parallel narrow ridges of peat dominated by fenland vegetation interspersed with slight depressions, many of which contain shallow pools. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
String figures No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
String-figures No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Stringhamite No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
string_potentiometer An instrument that detects and measures linear position and velocity. Maria Esteva 2023.03.27
String-quartet No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Strings, Equilibrium of No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Strip A long narrow area of pack ice, about 1 km or less in width, usually composed of small fragments detached from the main mass of ice, and run together under the influence of wind or current. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Strip Sea ice terminology. Describes a long narrow area of pack/drift ice, about one (1) km or less in width, usually composed of small fragments detached from the main mass of ice, which run together under the influence of wind, swell or current. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Strip A long narrow area of pack ice, about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) or less in width, usually composed of small fragments detatched from the main mass of ice, and run together under the influence of wind or current. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Strip A long narrow zone of floating ice, about 1 km or less in width, usually composed of small fragments detached from the main mass of ice, and run together under the influence of wind, swell or current. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Strip Long narrow area of pack ice, about 0.5 n mi (1 km) or less in width, usually composed of small fragments detached from the main mass of ice, and run together under the influence of wind, swell, or cu rrent. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
strip mining No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Strip/Patch The term is applied for characterizing irregularities of the total and partial concentration in a delineated zone when it is impossible to depict the position of strips and patches on the ice chart as separate zones. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
strombolian eruption Strombolian Eruptions are characterised by huge clots of molten lava bursting from the summit crater to form luminous arcs through the sky. Collecting on the flanks of the cone, lava clots combine to stream down the slopes in molten rivulets. The explosions are driven by bursts of gas slugs that rise faster than surrounding magma Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
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