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3921 | plate | A thin, metal, plastic, or paper sheet, that carries the printing image and whose surface is treated to make only the image areas ink-rece... more |
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3922 | plateau | A flat or nearly flat ELEVATION of considerable areal extent, dropping off abruptly on one or more sides; a TABLELAND. |
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3923 | plate level | See LEVEL. |
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3924 | platform | In geographical literature, a natural or artificial TERRACE; a flat elevated piece of GROUND; a TABLELAND, a PLATEAU. In oceanographic termi... more |
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3925 | platform: mineral development | A PLATFORM used in the exploitation of minerals. |
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3926 | platform: offshore | A permanent offshore structure, either fixed or floating, used in the production of oil or natural gas. |
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3927 | platform: piled | A platform with a steel jacket fixed by piles to the seabed. |
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3928 | platform jacket | The section of a platform from base to deck level, on which deck modules are fitted. |
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3929 | plot | (v.t.). To draw lines and points to represent certain conditions graphically, as the various lines and points on a CHART or PLOTTING SHEET, ... more |
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3930 | plotter | An instrument used for plotting straight lines and measuring angles on a CHART or PLOTTING SHEET. See PROTRACTOR. In data processing it stan... more |
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3931 | plotting | See PLOT. |
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3932 | plotting board | A stiff transparent polar coordinate plotting sheet for tracking other vessels and aircraft and solving problems involving RELATIVE MOVEME... more |
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3933 | plotting sheet | A blank CHART, usually on the MERCATOR PROJECTION, showing only the GRATICULE and a COMPASS ROSE, so that the plotting sheet can be used for... more |
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3934 | plotting sheet: electronic | A CHART showing time difference or phase difference curves of a circular or a hyperbolic navigational system. These LATTICE lines are used... more |
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3935 | plumb bob | A conical device, usually of brass and suspended by a cord, by means of which a point can be projected vertically into space over relati... more |
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3936 | plumb line | The LINE OF FORCE in the geopotential field. The continuous curve to which the direction of the normal GRAVITY is everywhere tangential. |
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3937 | plumb line: deflection of | See DEFLECTION OF THE VERTICAL. |
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3938 | plumb point | See NADIR: PHOTOGRAPH. |
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3939 | plummet | A SOUNDING LEAD. A PLUMB BOB. |
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3940 | plunging breaker | See BREAKER. |