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Depression, of the horizon
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
(see dip.) in artillery, the angle below the horizon at which the axis of a gun is laid in order to strike an object on a lower level. the depression required in batteries of very elevated site (those of gibraltar for example), for the laying the guns on near vessels, is so great as to necessitate a peculiar carriage.
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Depression, английский
- See low.
- The difference between dry and wet bulb temperatures. it is a measure of humidity.
- A severe economic slump.
- Депрессия, область пониженного давления; понижение, опускание
- 1. a mental condition that prevents someone from carrying out the normal activities of life in the usual way 2. a hollow on the surface of a part of the body
- Depresión
- [1] meteorology: an area of low barometric pressure—a bad weather system in which winds circulate clockwise in the southern and anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere (see coriolis effect). [2] physical geography: a depressed or sunken area lower than the surrounding surface. [3] astronomy. the angular distance of a celestial body below the horizon. [4] economics: a period during which business, employment, and stock-market values decline severely or remain at a very low level of activity. [5] general: the state of being depressed—sadness; gloom; dejection.
- Котловина, впадина; понижение
- Any relatively sunken part of the earth`s surface; especially a low-lying area surrounded by higher ground. a closed depression has no natural outlet for surface drainage (e.g. a sinkhole). an open depression has a natural outlet for surface drainage. compare - closed depression, open depression. gg
- Subsidence hollow. small subsidence depressions may be synony- mous with
- Депрессия
Necessitate, английский
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Depth of a sail, английский
The extent of the square sails from the head-rope to the foot-rope, or the length of the after-leech of a staysail or boom-sail; in other words, it is the extent of the longest cloth of canvas in any sail.
Depressed pole, английский
That end of the earth`s axis which is below the horizon of the spectator according to his being in the northern or southern hemisphere. also applied to the stars. (see polar distance.)
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