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Regional economic development information system (san diego, calif.)
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Redi, английский
Real estate data inc.; regional economic development information system (san diego, calif.)
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Remote information processing system, английский
Reef, английский
- 1. reefing: to temporarily reduce the area of a sail exposed to the wind, usually to guard against adverse effects of strong wind or to slow the vessel.
- Риф (ряд подводных или едва возвышающихся
- Брать рифы - уменьшать площадь парусов
- To reduce the area of a sail.
- Риф, брать рифы; подводная скала, риф
- A certain portion of a sail comprehended between the head of a sail and any of the reef-bands. the intention of each reef is to reduce the sail in proportion to the increase of the wind; there are also reefs parallel to the foot or bottom of large sails, extended upon booms.—close-reefed is when all the reefs of the top-sails are taken in.—reef is also a group or continuous chain of rocks, sufficiently near the surface of the water to occasion its breaking over them. (see fringing reefs and barrier reefs.)
- [1] a shallow ridge of submerged rocks, coral, or sand, lying at or near the sea surface that may constitute a hazard to surface navigation. [2] the area of a sail that can be rolled and tied down to reduce its exposure to wind. [3] to reduce the area of a sail by securing it at its reef points or by rolling it around a boom or inside a mast.
- A shallow underwater barrier.
- To partially lower a sail so that it is not as large, which helps prevent too much sail as the wind increases.
- A line of rock and coral near the surface of the water.
- A vein of ore in the earth containing gold
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