Across. Athwart-ships. Across the line of the vessel's keel. Athwart-hawse. Across the direction of a vessel's head. Across her cable.
At right angles to the centerline of the boat; rowboat seats are generally athwart ships.
A plastic card enabling the holder to access an automated teller machine to obtain cash and.
General name for an instrument which measures the evaporation rate of water into the atmosphere. See clay atmometer, evaporation pan, evapotranspirometer, Livingston sphere, Piche evaporimeter, radio atmometer.
A device for measuring the frequency of occurrence of atmospherics whose intensity is greater than a predetermined level.
The envelope of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by virtue of the earth's gravitational attraction. The system whose chemical Properties. dynamic motions, and physical processes constitute the subject matter of meteorolog ...
The standard atmosphere is defined as the pressure exerted by a column of mercury 760 mm high with a density of 13,595 g/cm
A region near the earth in which the relative velocity increases from zero with elevation, due to the motion of the atmosphere relative to the earth's surface.
The gradual degradation or alteration of a material by contact with substances present in the atmosphere, such as oxygen. carbon dioxide, water vapor, and sulfur and chlorine compounds.
Is the temperature at which water vapor begins to condense at atmospheric pressure. Is the same as dew point, but is related to atmospheric air only.
A term which describes the rising of warm air above cold air when two air masses of different temperatures, humidity and pressure meet.