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2461 | initial great circle direction | INITIAL GREAT CIRCLE COURSE. |
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2462 | initial meridian | See MERIDIAN. |
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2463 | initial point | The ORIGIN of a system in the rectangular system of SURVEYS of which a PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN and a BASE LINE constitute the axes for a given ... more |
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2464 | inland ice sheet | An ICE SHEET of considerable thickness and more than about 50,000 sq. km in area, resting on ROCK. Inland ice sheets near SEA LEVEL may ... more |
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2465 | inlet | A narrow opening by which the water penetrates into the LAND. |
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2466 | Inmarsat | A company providing mobile satellite communications. The only company (2011) providing services within the GMDSS. |
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2467 | Inmarsat-C | The digital satellite communications system for store-and-forward text or data messaging using mobile terminals with omni-directional antenn... more |
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2468 | inner harbour | See under HARBOUR. |
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2469 | inner neat line | See NEAT LINE. |
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2470 | innocent passage | Navigation through certain sea areas of a coastal State without being prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of that State. See al... more |
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2471 | inogen light | Leading mark based on the interference effect of 3 separately placed rasterboards. An arrow pointing in the direction of the line is display... more |
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2472 | input | What is put in, as electric current or other power put into a machine. DATA to be transferred from an external storage medium, such as pun... more |
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2473 | input impedance | The complex opposition to alternating current between the input terminals of any device. |
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2474 | inset | In CARTOGRAPHY: a) a small area outside the NEAT LINES of a MAP or CHART included within the NEAT LINES or borders to avoid publishing a sep... more |
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2475 | inshore | (adj. and adv.). Near or towards the SHORE. |
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2476 | inshore traffic zone | A ROUTEING measure comprising a designated area between the landward boundary of a TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME and the adjacent COAST, to be ... more |
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2477 | insolation | Amount of direct solar RADIATION incident per unit horizontal area at a given level. Downward-directed solar RADIATION (global RADIATION). |
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2478 | instability | Property of the state of rest or continuous movement of a system such that any disturbance introduced into this state grows. In METEOROL... more |
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2479 | instability: static | State of hydrostatic equilibrium of the ATMOSPHERE in which a particle of air moved from its initial level undergoes a hydrostatic force whi... more |
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2480 | installation: offshore | Man-made structure usually built for the exploration or exploitation of marine resources, marine scientific research, tide observations, e... more |