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21 radio-beacon buoy
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > radio-beacon buoy
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Техника: буй с радиомаяком -
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English-Russian dictionary of telecommunications and their abbreviations > radio-beacon buoy
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27 SIB
1) Общая лексика: hum. сокр. Society for Industrial Biology2) Американизм: Special Intelligence Bureau3) Военный термин: Singapore Infantry Brigade, Soldiers In Battle, Special Intelligence Brief4) Техника: satellite ionospheric beacon, satellite-integrated buoy5) Юридический термин: Self Inflicted Behavior, Slayers In Black, Special Investigation Branch6) Сокращение: Separate Infantry Brigade (USA), Soviet Information Bureau, Special Investigation Branch (UK), Submarine Indicator Buoy, Systems Implementation Branch (NATO), Severe Impairment Battery7) Университет: Swiss Institute Of Bioinformatics8) Физиология: Self Injurious Behavior, Severely Injured Brain9) Вычислительная техника: масштаб-индекс-база, Service Independent building Block (IN)10) Банковское дело: Управление по ценным бумагам и инвестициям (Великобритания; Securities and Investment Board)11) Инвестиции: Securities and Investment Board12) НАСА: Saturn IB Rocket -
28 Sib
1) Общая лексика: hum. сокр. Society for Industrial Biology2) Американизм: Special Intelligence Bureau3) Военный термин: Singapore Infantry Brigade, Soldiers In Battle, Special Intelligence Brief4) Техника: satellite ionospheric beacon, satellite-integrated buoy5) Юридический термин: Self Inflicted Behavior, Slayers In Black, Special Investigation Branch6) Сокращение: Separate Infantry Brigade (USA), Soviet Information Bureau, Special Investigation Branch (UK), Submarine Indicator Buoy, Systems Implementation Branch (NATO), Severe Impairment Battery7) Университет: Swiss Institute Of Bioinformatics8) Физиология: Self Injurious Behavior, Severely Injured Brain9) Вычислительная техника: масштаб-индекс-база, Service Independent building Block (IN)10) Банковское дело: Управление по ценным бумагам и инвестициям (Великобритания; Securities and Investment Board)11) Инвестиции: Securities and Investment Board12) НАСА: Saturn IB Rocket -
29 sib
1) Общая лексика: hum. сокр. Society for Industrial Biology2) Американизм: Special Intelligence Bureau3) Военный термин: Singapore Infantry Brigade, Soldiers In Battle, Special Intelligence Brief4) Техника: satellite ionospheric beacon, satellite-integrated buoy5) Юридический термин: Self Inflicted Behavior, Slayers In Black, Special Investigation Branch6) Сокращение: Separate Infantry Brigade (USA), Soviet Information Bureau, Special Investigation Branch (UK), Submarine Indicator Buoy, Systems Implementation Branch (NATO), Severe Impairment Battery7) Университет: Swiss Institute Of Bioinformatics8) Физиология: Self Injurious Behavior, Severely Injured Brain9) Вычислительная техника: масштаб-индекс-база, Service Independent building Block (IN)10) Банковское дело: Управление по ценным бумагам и инвестициям (Великобритания; Securities and Investment Board)11) Инвестиции: Securities and Investment Board12) НАСА: Saturn IB Rocket -
30 station
1) станция; пункт3) геофиз. пункт наблюдений5) устройство; блок7) горн. околоствольный двор8) ж.-д. станционные сооружения11) мор. точка пересечения шпангоута с основной линией12) устанавливать, ставить13) экол. ареал•station on stream — работающая ( насосная или компрессорная) станция на трубопроводе-
aboveground power station
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aboveground station
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accepting station
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accumulator station
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actinometric station
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aerobraked OTV-serviced space station
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aerodynamic broadcast station
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aeronautical meteorological station
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affiliated station
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air monitoring station
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airborne early-warning station
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alighting station
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anchor station
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AOTV-serviced space station
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array station
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arrival station
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assembly station
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assembly work station
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astronaut tended space station
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astronaut-inhabited space station
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atomic power station
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attended station
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automatic unified orbital station
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automatic water-stage recording station
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automatic welding station
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auxiliary power station
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avalanche station
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backhaul station
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back-to-back high-voltage direct-current converter station
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bagging station
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base compressor station
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base pumping station
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base station
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baseline station
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base-load power station
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beacon station
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beet pulp drying station
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beet receiving station
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beet washing station
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benchmark station
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block-signal station
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boarding station
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boiling station
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booster station
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broadcasting station
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broadcast station
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bulk flour station
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buoy-based station
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captain's station
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captain station
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car inspection station
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cathodic protection station
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central electric station
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central heat supply station
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charging station
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check station
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circle station
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circulating pumping station
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civilian-manned space station
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clean work station
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climatological station
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coal-fired power station
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coast station
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coastal direction finding station
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coke-screening station
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communication relay station
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compressor station
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concrete coating station
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connecting station
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conning station
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conservated space station
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control radio station
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control station
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converter station
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co-orbiting space stations
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coordinate inspection station
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cream station
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crusher station
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cube station
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current-meter gaging station
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current-meter station
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customs station
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data return capsule-carried space station
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data station
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dead station
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deburring station
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deconservated space station
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dedicated milling station
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deorbited space station
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design station
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destination station
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diesel power station
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diffusion station
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direction and guidance radar station
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direction-finding station
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discharge station
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dispatch station
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dispatching control station
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display station
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distribution station
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diversion power station
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diversion station
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docking station
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drainage station
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drift station
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drive station
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dry station
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dual-keel space station
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dual-purpose station
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dumping station
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early-warning radar station
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earth station
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earthquake-detection station
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electric power station
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electric station
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electrode building station
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engine changing station
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engineered work station
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engineman's station
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enlarged space station
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entry station
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evaporation station
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exposure station
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extended duration space station
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feed station
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filling station
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film take-up station
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fish rearing station
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fixed ship station
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fixed station
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fixturing station
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flexible machining station
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flexible space station
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flight engineer station
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floating diesel station
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floating power station
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floating station
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floating weather station
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fossil-fueled power station
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free-standing pallet station
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frontier station
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fuel station
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gaging station
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gas engine compressor station
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gas gathering station
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gas station
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gas-compressor station
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gas-distributing station
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gas-lift compressor station
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gas-turbine power station
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generating station
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GEO space station
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geothermal power station
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grain-collecting station
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greasing station
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grid-connected photovoltaic station
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ground station
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group pumping station
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growth station
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guidance station
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half-open-air hydroelectric station
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hammer station
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head-end station
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heat-electric generating station
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high altitude space station
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high-latitude station
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high-level station
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high-lift pump station
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high-power station
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holding station
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home station
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homing station
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horizontal designed space station
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hot-metal station
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hydraulic experimental station
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hydroelectric power station
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hydroelectric pumped storage power station
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hydrological station
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hydrometric station
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ice lookout station
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ice pilot station
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ice-based station
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impact station
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inhabited space station
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inland station
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in-machine station
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inquiry station
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insertion station
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inspection station
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integrated sewing station
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interchange station
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interlocking station
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intermediate station
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international space station
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interplanetary station
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inverter station
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irrigation pumping station
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island station
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issuing station
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junction station
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knitting station
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knocking-out station
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ladle bricking station
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ladle preparation station
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land station
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landing direction-finding station
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large-size power station
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large power station
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LEO space station
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lightning direction-finding station
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lightship station
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line booster pump station
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liquefied natural gas station
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load station
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load/unload station
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loading station
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local station
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localizer station
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logic programming station
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long-functioning space station
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long-term space station
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long-term station
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loop station
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low-altitude space station
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low-latitude station
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low-lift pump station
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lubrication station
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machine tool station
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machining work station
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machining station
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magazine station
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magnetic station
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magnetotelluric station
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main pumping station
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manned station
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manual part control station
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man-visited space station
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master station
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material handling work station
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measuring station
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medium-size power station
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medium power station
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medium-head hydroelectric station
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melt station
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mesonet station
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microwave relay station
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milk collecting station
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mine-mouth power station
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mixed pumped-storage station
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mobile electric power station
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mobile power station
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mobile ship station
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mobile station
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mobile television station
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mold lubricating station
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monitoring station
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moonbounce station
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multiband station
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multimodule space station
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multiparameter station
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multiple docking ports-equipped space station
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multiple modules-docked space station
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multiple pressurized modules space station
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multipurpose space station
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multisolar-panels-consisted station
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NC control station
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newsroom station
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node station
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nuclear heat-only station
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nuclear power station
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nuclear steam station
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observational station
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observation station
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ocean weather station
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off-line station
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oil-burning power station
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oil-fired power station
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oil-gathering station
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oil-marketing station
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OMV-equipped space station
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on-orbit power generation station
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open-air hydroelectric station
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orbital laser power station
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orbital station
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origin station
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oxy-gas cutoff station
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ozonometry station
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package power station
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packing station
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pan station
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partial-record station
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passenger station
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passing station
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passive seismic station
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payoff station
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peak-load power station
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pendent control station
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periodically tended space station
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permanent seismograph station
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permanent space station
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photovoltaic pumping station
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pier-type hydroelectric station
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pilot solar power station
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pipe welding station
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pipeline-up station
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pluviometric station
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pole-mounted station
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postprocess gaging station
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power station
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precipitation station
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primary station
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principal station
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probe station
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public service power station
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public utility power station
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pumped-storage station
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pumping station
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punch station
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purely civilian-manned space station
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push-button pipeline pumping station
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rack-mounted station
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radar station
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radio station
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radio-beacon station
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radio-compass station
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radio-positioning station
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radio-range station
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radio-relay station
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radiosonde station
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rating station
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rawinsonde receiving station
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rawinsonde station
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read station
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receiving station
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reclamation station
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reconservated space station
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recording station
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rectifier station
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reference station
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reforwarding station
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refrigerating station
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refuge station
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relay pump station
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relay station
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relift station
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remote methane measurement station
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remote monitoring station
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remote station
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remote tool transfer station
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repeater station
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representative station
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repressuring station
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rescue station
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reservoired power station
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resupply space station
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river station
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robot station
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robot weather station
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roll-welding station
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run-of-river power station
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run-of-river station
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sample station
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satellite solar power station
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scrubbing station
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secondary station
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seismic station
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seismograph station
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seismological station
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self-service station
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sending station
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sewage pumping station
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shaft station
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ship station
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shipboard power station
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ship-handling station
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shore collection station
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shore station
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short-lived station
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short-term space station
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short-term station
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skimming station
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slave station
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small-size power station
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small power station
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solar power station
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solar radio station
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solar station
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solar-diesel hybrid power station
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solar-powered service station
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solid-fuel power station
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source pump station
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space station
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space tug-equipped orbital station
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space-based laser station
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stage station
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stationary relay station
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steering station
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storage power station
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stream-gaging station
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stuffing station
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stunning station
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subscriber heat supply station
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subscriber station
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suburban station
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surface synoptic station
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surveillance radar station
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switching station
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synoptic station
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tank oil filling station
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tapping station
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telemetering station
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telemetry station
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television transmitting station
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temperature-regulating station
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terminal pump station
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terminal station
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terrestrial station
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test station
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tethered space station
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thermal power station
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thermal station
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tidal power station
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toll station
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tool adjustment station
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tool change station
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tool measuring-and-adjustment station
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tool presetting station
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tool station
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torch-cutting station
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total energy power station
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totally autonomous manned space station
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tracker station
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transfer pumping station
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transfer station
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transforming station
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transit station
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transmitting station
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transport station
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transportable earth station
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transportable station
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trigeneration power station
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trim station
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two docking ports-equipped space station
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underground power station
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underground station
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unload station
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unmanned pumping station
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unmanned station
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upper-air station
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user station
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vacuum-compressor station
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variable-head station
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versatile space station
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visited space station
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wall-mounted station
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washing station
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water injection pumping station
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water monitoring station
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water power station
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water rating station
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water station
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water treatment station
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water-balance station
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water-pumping station
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water-purification floating station
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wayside station
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weather station
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weighing station
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weir station
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well test station
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wind power station
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windup station
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working station
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work station
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31 ULB
1) Компьютерная техника: Usr Local Bin2) Техника: underwater locator beacon3) Юридический термин: United Legal Benefits4) Грубое выражение: U Little Bastard5) Электроника: Universal Lighting Board6) Транспорт: Un- Lighted Buoy, Underwater Light Beacon -
32 буй с радиомаяком
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > буй с радиомаяком
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I сокр. [ball bearing] шарикоподшипник, шариковый подшипник II сокр. [baseband] полоса частот модулирующих сигналов;
полоса частот видеосигнала III сокр. [beacon buoy] радиобуй IV сокр. [breadboard] (функциональный) макет V сокр. [broadband] широкополосный -
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ball bearingшарикоподшипник, шариковый подшипникII сокр. от
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36 буй с радиомаяком
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > буй с радиомаяком
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37 B
1) Общая лексика: В-образный, вторая буква английского алфавита, второй по счёту, второй сорт, имеющий форму буквы В, имеющий форму буквы В2) Компьютерная техника: Bruce4) Американизм: отметка "хорошо"6) Военный термин: Blank, British, Browning, Buster, band, battery, battle, beam, bearing, boat, body, bomb, bombardier, bottom, boundary, brigadier, bulletin, восточно-европейское время, категория подготовки ЛС ВВС (ежегодно 24 учебных занятия в составе резерва и 25 дней службы в регулярных войсках), обычно надёжный источник разведывательной информации, (bomber) бомбардировщик (самолёт)7) Техника: B-display, Baume, Baume hydrometer scale, Bracket, Button, beacon, blanking, boils at..., branch, brass, broadcast, broken, bulb, degree Baume, film thickness, susceptance, telegraph speed in bauds, volume modulus of elasticity, бор, символ для обозначения магнитной индукции8) Шутливое выражение: The Baddest9) Математика: ( b) b (обозначение известного числа), Bitwise, основание (base)12) Биржевой термин: Buy13) Грубое выражение: BITCH/BASTARD, Bastard, Bitch, Bitchin14) Музыка: Bass, нота си, си, СИ (нота настройки)16) Телекоммуникации: Bridge, Interpolated Pictures (MPEG)17) Сокращение: Belgium, Book, Boron, Bravo (phonetic alphabet), Civil aircraft marking (China, People's Republic), Time zone 22.5 E - 37.5 E (GMT -2), bel (sound pressure), bomber, breakthrough, Bering Standard Time (GMT - 1100), base (electron device), British Thermal Unit, baggage, bale, best, board, brightness, budget, buyer18) Физика: Bored20) Шахматы: Bishop21) Сленг: бензедрин23) Нефть: angle between interface and bed, barrel, base, bottom of, boundstone, cation mobility, current-return electrode, degree Beaume, formation volume factor, magnetic induction, turbulence24) Иммунология: Biological25) Биохимия: nuclear factor kappa B26) Связь: bias27) Картография: bay, black buoy, blue, brook, дорога с шириной проезжей части до 15 футов с отдельными объездами, дорога с шириной проезжей части до 15 футов с отдельными объездами, проходимая только в сухую погоду, дорога, проходимая для всех видов мототранспорта только летом и в сухое время, якорная стоянка для судов с малой осадкой28) Банковское дело: переводный вексель (bill of exchange), тратта (bill of exchange)33) Бурение: градус Боме (degree Beaume), нижняя ограничивающая поверхность пласта (base), подошва пласта (base)34) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: КОС35) Образование: Boys36) Инвестиции: British Patent, bill of exchange37) Полимеры: Baume scale, bar, batch, build-up specimen, маркировка изделий в Японии, означающая, что обработка изделии произведена в соответствии с японским стандартом (на процесс)39) Расширение файла: BASIC language source code file, Batch list, Modula-3 Base program41) Должность: Boss42) Чат: Bisexual43) NYSE. Barnes Group, Inc.44) Программное обеспечение: Byte45) Единицы измерений: Bytes46) СМС: Be -
38 BPS
1) Компьютерная техника: Bites Per Second2) Медицина: biophysical profile score, Behavioural pain score3) Военный термин: Basic Psychological Operations Study, Battlefield Planning System, Beachman Processing System, Browning Pump Shotgun, Bullets Per Second, balanced pressure system, ballistic protective shelter, base postal section, basic programming support, border patrol sector, border patrol station4) Техника: Beijing proton synchrotron, beacon portable set, bipolar power supply, boost phase surveillance, breakpoint switch, buffer pool size, buoy power supply5) Бухгалтерия: balance per bank statement6) Автомобильный термин: back pressure sensor7) Биржевой термин: балансовая стоимость на акцию8) Ветеринария: British Pharmacological Society9) Грубое выражение: Big Piece Of Shit, Bullshit Per Second10) Металлургия: breakout prevention system11) Телекоммуникации: Baud Per Second12) Сокращение: Broken Pekoe Souchong, Bureau of Product Safety, bearing procurement13) Школьное выражение: Berkeley Preparatory School, Boston Public Schools14) Вычислительная техника: Bits Per Second, Bits Per Second (MODEM, BIT)15) Нефть: baltic pipeline system16) СМИ: The Bob And Paul Show17) Деловая лексика: Building Planning System, Business Process Simulation18) Сетевые технологии: Bad Packet Summary19) Авиационная медицина: British Psychological Society20) Расширение файла: Basic Programming System, Batch Processing System, Text document backup (MS Works)21) Нефть и газ: БТС, Балтийская трубопроводная система22) Единицы измерений: Bytes Per Second -
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1) Общая лексика: В-образный, вторая буква английского алфавита, второй по счёту, второй сорт, имеющий форму буквы В, имеющий форму буквы В2) Компьютерная техника: Bruce4) Американизм: отметка "хорошо"6) Военный термин: Blank, British, Browning, Buster, band, battery, battle, beam, bearing, boat, body, bomb, bombardier, bottom, boundary, brigadier, bulletin, восточно-европейское время, категория подготовки ЛС ВВС (ежегодно 24 учебных занятия в составе резерва и 25 дней службы в регулярных войсках), обычно надёжный источник разведывательной информации, (bomber) бомбардировщик (самолёт)7) Техника: B-display, Baume, Baume hydrometer scale, Bracket, Button, beacon, blanking, boils at..., branch, brass, broadcast, broken, bulb, degree Baume, film thickness, susceptance, telegraph speed in bauds, volume modulus of elasticity, бор, символ для обозначения магнитной индукции8) Шутливое выражение: The Baddest9) Математика: (b) b (обозначение известного числа), Bitwise, основание (base)12) Биржевой термин: Buy13) Грубое выражение: BITCH/BASTARD, Bastard, Bitch, Bitchin14) Музыка: Bass, нота си, си, СИ (нота настройки)16) Телекоммуникации: Bridge, Interpolated Pictures (MPEG)17) Сокращение: Belgium, Book, Boron, Bravo (phonetic alphabet), Civil aircraft marking (China, People's Republic), Time zone 22.5 E - 37.5 E (GMT -2), bel (sound pressure), bomber, breakthrough, Bering Standard Time (GMT - 1100), base (electron device), British Thermal Unit, baggage, bale, best, board, brightness, budget, buyer18) Физика: Bored20) Шахматы: Bishop21) Сленг: бензедрин23) Нефть: angle between interface and bed, barrel, base, bottom of, boundstone, cation mobility, current-return electrode, degree Beaume, formation volume factor, magnetic induction, turbulence24) Иммунология: Biological25) Биохимия: nuclear factor kappa B26) Связь: bias27) Картография: bay, black buoy, blue, brook, дорога с шириной проезжей части до 15 футов с отдельными объездами, дорога с шириной проезжей части до 15 футов с отдельными объездами, проходимая только в сухую погоду, дорога, проходимая для всех видов мототранспорта только летом и в сухое время, якорная стоянка для судов с малой осадкой28) Банковское дело: переводный вексель (bill of exchange), тратта (bill of exchange)33) Бурение: градус Боме (degree Beaume), нижняя ограничивающая поверхность пласта (base), подошва пласта (base)34) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: КОС35) Образование: Boys36) Инвестиции: British Patent, bill of exchange37) Полимеры: Baume scale, bar, batch, build-up specimen, маркировка изделий в Японии, означающая, что обработка изделии произведена в соответствии с японским стандартом (на процесс)39) Расширение файла: BASIC language source code file, Batch list, Modula-3 Base program41) Должность: Boss42) Чат: Bisexual43) NYSE. Barnes Group, Inc.44) Программное обеспечение: Byte45) Единицы измерений: Bytes46) СМС: Be -
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1) Компьютерная техника: Bites Per Second2) Медицина: biophysical profile score, Behavioural pain score3) Военный термин: Basic Psychological Operations Study, Battlefield Planning System, Beachman Processing System, Browning Pump Shotgun, Bullets Per Second, balanced pressure system, ballistic protective shelter, base postal section, basic programming support, border patrol sector, border patrol station4) Техника: Beijing proton synchrotron, beacon portable set, bipolar power supply, boost phase surveillance, breakpoint switch, buffer pool size, buoy power supply5) Бухгалтерия: balance per bank statement6) Автомобильный термин: back pressure sensor7) Биржевой термин: балансовая стоимость на акцию8) Ветеринария: British Pharmacological Society9) Грубое выражение: Big Piece Of Shit, Bullshit Per Second10) Металлургия: breakout prevention system11) Телекоммуникации: Baud Per Second12) Сокращение: Broken Pekoe Souchong, Bureau of Product Safety, bearing procurement13) Школьное выражение: Berkeley Preparatory School, Boston Public Schools14) Вычислительная техника: Bits Per Second, Bits Per Second (MODEM, BIT)15) Нефть: baltic pipeline system16) СМИ: The Bob And Paul Show17) Деловая лексика: Building Planning System, Business Process Simulation18) Сетевые технологии: Bad Packet Summary19) Авиационная медицина: British Psychological Society20) Расширение файла: Basic Programming System, Batch Processing System, Text document backup (MS Works)21) Нефть и газ: БТС, Балтийская трубопроводная система22) Единицы измерений: Bytes Per Second
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buoy — (n.) late 13c., perhaps from either O.Fr. buie or M.Du. boeye, both from W.Gmc. *baukn beacon (Cf. O.H.G. bouhhan, O.Fris. baken). OED, however, supports M.Du. boeie, or O.Fr. boie fetter, chain (see BOY (Cf. boy)), because of its being fettered… … Etymology dictionary
buoy — [n] floating device beacon, drift, float, guide, marker, signal; concept 628 buoy (up) [v] make light, encourage bolster, boost, buck up, cheer, cheer up, encourage, hearten, keep afloat, lift, prop, raise, support, sustain, uphold; concepts 7,22 … New thesaurus
buoy — Synonyms and related words: Carling float, Mae West, Roman candle, aid to navigation, alarm, amber light, balefire, balsa, balsa raft, beacon, beacon fire, bear up, bell, bell buoy, blinker, blue peter, bob, boom, breeches buoy, buoy up, caution… … Moby Thesaurus
beacon — Synonyms and related words: AM transmitter, FM transmitter, Klaxon, Mayday, RT transmitter, Roman candle, SOS, Texas tower, Very flare, aid to navigation, air raid alarm, airport beacon, airway beacon, alarm, alarm bell, alarm clock, alarm signal … Moby Thesaurus
beacon — beaconless, adj. /bee keuhn/, n. 1. a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, esp. one in an elevated position. 2. a tower or hill used for such purposes. 3. a lighthouse, signal buoy, etc., on a shore or at a dangerous area at sea to warn … Universalium
Buoy — A buoy is a floating device that can have many different purposes, which determine whether the buoy is anchored (stationary) or allowed to drift. The word, of Old French or Middle Dutch origin, is nowadays most commonly pronEng|ˈbɔɪ (identical… … Wikipedia
buoy — /booh ee, boy/, n. 1. Naut. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore. 2. a life buoy. v.t … Universalium
beacon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lighthouse, buoy, lightship; beam; signal fire; signal, guide. See indication, light, warning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flare, lantern, guide, signal, signal fire, signal light, signal beam, lighthouse … English dictionary for students
beacon — bea•con [[t]ˈbi kən[/t]] n. 1) a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, esp. one in an elevated position 2) a tower or hill used for such purposes 3) naut. navig. a lighthouse, signal buoy, etc., on a shore or at sea to warn and guide… … From formal English to slang
beacon — /ˈbikən / (say beekuhn) noun 1. a guiding or warning signal, such as a fire, especially one on a pole, tower, hill, etc. 2. a tower or hill used for such purposes. 3. a lighthouse, signal buoy, etc., on a coast or over dangerous spots at sea to… …
buoy — I. noun Etymology: Middle English boye, probably from Middle Dutch boeye; akin to Old High German bouhhan sign more at beacon Date: 13th century 1. float 2; especially a floating object moored to the bottom to mark a channel or something (as a… … New Collegiate Dictionary