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Beach terrace
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(a) a landform that consists of a wave-cut scarp and wave-built terrace of well-sorted sand and gravel of marine and lacustrine origin. (b) (colloquial: western u.s.a.) relict shorelines from pluvial lakes, generally restricted to valley sides. compare - strandline, shoreline. ffp
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Beach, английский
- A geological landform along the shoreline of a body of water, consisting of loose particles composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobble, or of shell fragments or coralline algae fragments.
- Волногаситель
- A littoral margin, or line of coast along the sea-shore, composed of sand, gravel, shingle, broken shells, or a mixture of them all: any gently sloping part of the coast alternately dry and covered by the tide. the same as strand.
- [1] sandy or pebbly strip of shore between low and high water marks; sometimes extending inland to the point where topography changes or vegetation begins. from the anglo-saxon bece = brook or stream. [2] to run a ship aground. [3] the section of shore designated for amphibious landing (e.g., gold, juno, sword, omaha, and utah beaches, in normandy june 1944). [4] the beach is a mariners’ term for land.
Beach (-) head, английский
Переворот (в технике и т.п.); новый принцип
Beach barrier, английский
Beach boys, английский
Beach break, английский
Песчаный гребень = пригодный для виндсерфинга берег, где волны создаются или испытывают на себе воздействие донных песчаных гребней.
Beach cat, английский
Small trailerable catamaran, usually 12- 20’ long (such as the hobie cat)
Beach concentrate, английский
Beach deposit, английский
Beach drift, английский
Beach marker, английский
Colored dye, panel, or other device delineating the specified limit of an amphibious landing beach.
Beach marks, английский
Beach mining, английский
Beach netting, английский
Steel mesh laid on an amphibious landing beach to improve the traction of vehicles.
Beach ore, английский
Beach party, английский
The naval personnel in a landing party.
Beach placer, английский
Beach plain, английский
A continuous and level or undulating area formed by closely spaced successive embankments of wave-deposited beach material added more or less uniformly to a prograding shoreline, such as to a growing compound spit or to a cuspate foreland. compare - wave-built terrace, chenier plain. gg
Beach prism, английский
Beach ranger, английский
[1] a term formerly applied to a seaman who had been discharged for bad conduct but continued to hang around the waterfront. [2] a term sometimes applied to waterfront prostitutes.
Beach ridge, английский
A low, essentially continuous mound of beach or beach-and-dune material heaped up by the action of waves and currents on the backshore of a beach, beyond the present limit of storm waves or the reach of ordinary tides, and occurring singly or as one of a series of approximately parallel deposits. the ridges are roughly parallel to the shoreline and represent successive positions of an advancing shoreline. gg part 629 - glossary 629-11 (430-vi-nssh, 2008)
Beach sands [soil survey], английский
Well sorted, sand-sized, clastic material transported and deposited primarily by wave action and deposited in a shore environment. compare - eolian sands. sw
Lacustrine, английский
Belonging or referring to a lake.
Colloquial, английский
A разговорный language, speech, standard
Restricted, английский
Placed on a list that dictates that the trader may not maintain positions, solicit business, or provide indications in a stock, but may serve as broker in agency trades after being properly cleared. traders are so restricted due to investment bank involvement with the company on nonpublic activity (i.e., mergers and acquisitions defense), affiliate ownership, or underwriting activities; signified on the quotron by a flashing "r." a restricted list and the stocks on it should never be conveyed to anyone outside of the trading areas, much less outside the firm. see: grey list.
Strandline, английский
(a) the shoreline, especially a former (relict) shoreline now elevated above the present water level, that commonly appears as a bench or line wrapping around the landscape at a common elevation. sw (b) a beach, especially one raised above the present sea or lake level. gg
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Beaded stream pattern, английский
A characteristic pattern of small streams in areas underlain by ice wedges. the course of the stream channel is controlled by the pattern of the wedges, with beads (pools) occurring at the junctions of the wedges. nrc
Beach sands [soil survey], английский
Well sorted, sand-sized, clastic material transported and deposited primarily by wave action and deposited in a shore environment. compare - eolian sands. sw
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