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1 rotation grazing
Макаров: загонная пастьба, пастбищеоборот -
2 rest-rotation grazing
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3 rotation
[rəʋʹteıʃ(ə)n] n1. 1) вращение2) оборот2. 1) чередование; периодическое повторениеby /in/ rotation - попеременно, по очереди
orders are executed in rotation as received - заказы выполняются в порядке поступления
2) спорт. чередование игроков3) воен. замена личного состава или частей4) перемещение по кругу ( кораблей в круговом ордере)3. с.-х. севооборот, ротация (тж. rotation of crops)rotation cropping - сменная культура, плодосмен
rotation grasses - травы, входящие в севооборот; посевные травы
rotation grazing - загонная пастьба, пастбищеоборот
4. лес. оборот рубки5. гидр. вихрь -
4 rotation
rəuˈteɪʃən сущ.
1) вращение to make a rotation ≈ вращать Syn: revolution, gyration
2) чередование;
периодическое повторение;
очередность, ротация by/in rotation ≈ попеременно;
по очереди
3) с.-х. севооборот crop rotation, rotation of crops ≈ севооборот вращение - the * of the Earth вращение Земли оборот - five *s an hour пять оборотов в час - *s per minute число оборотов в минуту чередование;
периодическое повторение - by /in/ * попеременно, по очереди - * in office поочередное пребывание в должности - the * of the seasons смена времен года - the perpetual * of fortune превратности судьбы - orders are executed in * as received заказы выполняются в порядке поступления( спортивное) чередование игроков (военное) замена личного состава или частей - * number порядковый номер( в списке на замену) перемещение по кругу (кораблей в круговом ордере) (сельскохозяйственное) севооборот, ротация (тж. * of crops) - * cropping сменная культура, плодосмен - * grasses травы, входящие в севооборот;
посевные травы - * grazing загонная пастьба, пастбищеоборот ( лесохозяйственное) оборот рубки (гидрология) вихрь ~ чередование;
периодическое повторение;
rotation of crops севооборот;
by (или in) rotation попеременно;
по очереди in-company ~ перемещения внутри компании job ~ поочередное пребывание в должности job ~ ротация работ (система, позволяющая работникам выполнять различные виды работ на предприятии, чтобы расширить и углубить свои профессиональные навыки) rotation вращение ~ кругооборот( капитала) ~ севооборот ~ чередование;
периодическое повторение;
rotation of crops севооборот;
by (или in) rotation попеременно;
по очереди ~ чередование ~ чередование;
периодическое повторение;
rotation of crops севооборот;
by (или in) rotation попеременно;
по очереди staff ~ перемещение персоналаБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > rotation
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5 angle
1) угол2) уголок ( металлический профиль)3) угол, фаза ( колебаний)•angle at a circumference — вписанный угол;at right angles — под прямым углом;angle is subtended by arc — угол стягивается дугой;angle is subtended by chord — угол опирается на хорду;to be at a proper phase angle — быть в фазе, совпадать по фазе;to bisect angle — делить угол пополам:to lay off angle — откладывать угол;angle to left — геод. круг лево;to make an angle — составлять угол;angle to right — геод. круг право-
acceptance angle
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acute angle
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addendum angle
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adjacent angles
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aircraft impact angle
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airflow angle
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alternate angles
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angle of action
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angle of advance
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angle of approach
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angle of arrival
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angle of attack
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angle of azimuth
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angle of backing-off
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angle of bell
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angle of bevel
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angle of boom
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angle of climb
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angle of convergency
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angle of crossing
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angle of cut
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angle of deflection
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angle of departure
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angle of descent
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angle of deviation
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angle of dig
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angle of dip
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angle of divergence
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angle of draw
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angle of effective rotation
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angle of elevation
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angle of exaggeration
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angle of exit
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angle of extinction
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angle of flare
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angle of floor
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angle of flow
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angle of flute helix
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angle of friction
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angle of glide
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angle of heel
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angle of helm
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angle of hip
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angle of ignition
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angle of incidence
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angle of internal friction
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angle of internal reflection
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angle of lag
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angle of lead
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angle of list
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angle of loading
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angle of loll
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angle of main stream
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angle of pitch
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angle of plane
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angle of preparation
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angle of prism
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angle of propagation
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angle of radiation
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angle of reflection
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angle of refraction
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angle of repose
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angle of rest
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angle of retard
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angle of roll
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angle of rotation
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angle of rupture
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angle of scan
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angle of shear
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angle of shearing resistance
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angle of shock
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angle of sight
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angle of site
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angle of slide
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angle of slope
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angle of stall
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angle of torsion
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angle of transit
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angle of trim
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angle of twist
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angle of vanishing
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angle of vel
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angle of view
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angle of wall friction
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angle of yaw
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angle or flange
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aperture angle
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apparent visual angle
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approach noise angle
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aspect angle
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attack angle
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automatic advance angle
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axes angle
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azimuthal angle
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azimuth angle
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back angle
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back relief angle
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back-to-back angles
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base angle
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base helix angle
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beam angle of scattering
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beam angle
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beam deflection angle
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beam spread angle
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bearing angle
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best climb angle
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bistatic angle
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blade angle
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blade-entrance angle
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blade-exit angle
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bond angle
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borehole drift angle
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boresight angle
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bosh angle
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Bragg angle
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Brewster angle
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brush shift angle
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bucket diggings
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bunching angle
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burble angle
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cam angle
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camber angle
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camera angle
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canting angle
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capsizing angle
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carrier angle
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caster angle
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caving angle
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central angle
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clearance angle
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cockpit cutoff angle
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combined angle
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commutating angle
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commutation delay angle
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complementary angles
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complete angle
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conduction angle
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cone angle
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constant climb angle
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convergence angle
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cord angle
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corresponding angles
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course angle
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crab angle
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crack angle
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crank angle
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crater angle
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creascrecovery angle
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critical angle
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crown angle
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current transformer phase angle
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cut angle
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cutoff angle
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cutting angle
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cutting edge angle
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dead angle of shutter
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dead angle
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deadrise angle
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decay angle
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decrement angle
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deflection angle
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delay angle
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depression angle
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deviation angle
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dielectric loss angle
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dielectric phase angle
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diffraction angle
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diffusion angle
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dip angle
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direct angle
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direction angle
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discharge angle
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displacement angle
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divergence angle
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dozer blade angle
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draft lug angle
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drift angle
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dumping angle
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dwell angle
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effective angle of rotation
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electrical angle
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electric angle
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electrode angle
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elevation angle
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elevation scan angle
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emergent beam angle
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end cutting edge angle
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end relief angle
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end-clearance angle
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entering angle of driving pin
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entering angle
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entrance angle
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epoch angle
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Euler angle
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exit angle
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exterior angle
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exterior opposite angles
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face angle
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fiber orientation angle
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field angle
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firing delay angle
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fixer advance angle
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flange angle
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flap angle
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flare angle
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flat angle
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flex angle
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flow angle
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frame toe-in angle
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frame toe-out angle
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front angle
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front clearance angle
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full angle
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glancing angle
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gradient angle
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grain-boundary angle
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grazing angle
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Greenwich hour angle
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groove angle
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half-intensity beam angle
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Hall angle
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head-wrap angle
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helix angle
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hock angle
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hole angle
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horizontal angle
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hose orientation angle
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hour angle
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hysteretic angle
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idler tilt angle
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ignition dwell angle
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image angle
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impedance angle
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impinging angle
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included die angle
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inherent delay angle
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input phase angle
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inscribed angle
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interfacial angle
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interference angle
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interhollow angle
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interior angle
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interior opposite angles
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intersection angle
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interslot angle
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jet angle
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lag angle
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large bell angle
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launch angle
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lead angle
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left deflection angle
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light angle
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limiting wetting angle
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lip angle
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list angle
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listening angle
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lock angle
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locking angle
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look angle
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lose angle
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magnetic hysteresis angle
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magnetic loss angle
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major cutting edge angle
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making angle
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margin angle
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minor cutting edge angle
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minor-lobe angle
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miter angle
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n-edged angle
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nip angle
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nominal angle of rotation
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nozzle convergence angle
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nozzle divergence angle
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nutation angle
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oblique angle
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obtuse angle
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off-axis angle
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off-boresight angle
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offset angle
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opening angle
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operating angle
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opposite angle
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optimum angle
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orbital plane angle
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out angle of claw mechanism
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overlap angle
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overlapping angle of maltese mechanism
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perigon angle
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phase angle
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pickup angle
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pitch angle
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pivot angle
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pivot stud angle
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plan approach angle
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plane angle
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pointing angle
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polar angle
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polarization angle
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polyhedral angle
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position angle
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potential transformer phase angle
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power angle
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power flow angle
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precession angle
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preset diggings
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pressure angle
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projection angle
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pull-down angle
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radiation angle
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rake angle
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ray angle
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reciprocal angle
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reclining seat angle
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reentering angle
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reentrant angle
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reference angle
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reflex angle
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regular polyhedral angle
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relief angle
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retard angle
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right angle
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right deflection angle
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ripper tilt angle
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rise-of-floor angle
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rocking angle
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roll angle
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rotation angle
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rotor coning angle
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round angle
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rudder angle
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running pitch angle
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safety guard angle
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salient angle
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scanning angle
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scan angle
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scattering angle
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screen angle
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screening angle
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search angle
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seat angle
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shadow angle
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shearing angle
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shooting angle
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shutter aperture angle
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shutter angle
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side clearance angle
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side cutting edge angle
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side rake angle
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side sill angle
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sideslip angle
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sieve angle
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sine-wave angle
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slant angle
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slewing angle
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slip angle
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solid angle of the sun
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solid angle
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space angle
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spanning angle
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spatial angle
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spherical angle
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spray angle
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staff angle
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steering angle
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step angle
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stiffening angle
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straight angle
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subtended angle
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supplementary angles
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swirl angle
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switch angle
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swivel angle
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takeoff angle
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takeoff noise angle
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taking angle
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taper angle
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tape-wrap angle
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tilt angle of-polarization ellipse
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tilt angle
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timing angle
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toe-in angle
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tool angle
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tool cutting edge angle
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tool included angle
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torque angle
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torsion angle
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total angle of rotation
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total internal reflection angle
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track angle
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track cant angle
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track tilt angle
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tracking error angle
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transit angle
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triangulation angle
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truck swivel angle
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up angle
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valve face angle
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vectorial angle
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vertex angle
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vertical angles
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video record track angle
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viewing angle
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vision angle
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wall angle
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wave angle
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wave-front angle
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wheel alignment angle
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wheel leaning angle
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winding angle
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wing setting angle
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wing sweep angle
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wiping angle
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work angle
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working angle
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working lead angle
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zenith angle
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6 animal damage
- ущерб, наносимый животными
ущерб, наносимый животными
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animal damage
Harm caused to the environment by animals as, for instance, in the case of overgrazing, trampling, etc. Overgrazing damage is reduced by properly located watering facilities to decrease daily travel by livestock. Rotation of grazing areas allows time for recovery of grass. Some land can be easily restored if grazing is allowed only during one season. Animals may cause damage to crops when agriculture land borders on virgin territory or game reserves. In addition wild animals may bring disease in valuable domestic herds. Cattle overstocking has caused serious degradation of habitat, and cattle raising is thus, to some extent, counterproductive. (Source: WPR)
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Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > animal damage
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7 angle
угол || располагаться под углом; образовывать угол; иметь наклон || угловой- angle of attack
- angle of azimuth
- angle of convergence
- angle of current flow
- angle of cutoff
- angle of departure
- angle of divergence
- angle of elevation
- angle of flow
- angle of gap
- angle of halftone screen lines angle
- angle of incidence
- angle of internal reflection
- angle of lag
- angle of lead
- angle of prism
- angle of propagation
- angle of radiation
- angle of reflection
- angle of refraction
- angle of retard
- angle of rotation
- angle of total internal reflection
- angle of view
- acceptance angle
- acute angle
- advance angle
- alternate angles
- antenna elevation angle
- antenna look angle
- aperture angle
- arm angle
- aspect angle
- axial angle
- azimuth angle
- azimuthal angle
- beam angle
- beam coverage solid angle
- beam solid angle
- beam width angle
- bearing angle
- bistatic angle
- bond angle
- Bragg angle
- Bragg reflection angle
- Brewster angle
- bubble deflection angle
- bunching angle
- central angle
- commutating angle
- complementary angle
- conduction angle
- constraint angle
- contact angle
- convergence angle
- course angle
- crab angle
- critical angle
- crossing angle
- current-transformer phase angle
- cutoff angle
- cutting angle
- deflection angle
- depression angle
- descending vertical angle
- dielectric loss angle
- dielectric phase angle
- diffraction angle
- dig-in angle
- dihedral angle
- dip angle
- drag angle
- drift angle
- drift correction angle
- electrical angle
- entrance angle
- epoch angle
- exterior angle
- eye-contact angle
- Faraday rotation angle
- flare angle
- flight-path angle
- flow angle
- fusion angle
- fusional angle
- glancing angle
- glide-slope angle
- gliding angle
- grain-boundary angle
- grating-lobe angle
- grazing angle
- grid bearing angle
- grid course angle
- grid heading angle
- groove angle
- half-cone angle
- half-value angle
- Hall angle
- head off-set angle
- head wrap angle
- horizontal contact angle
- hour angle
- hyperbolic angle
- ignition dwell angle
- impedance angle
- included angle
- interfacial angle
- interior angle
- ionosphere critical angle
- listening angle
- loss angle
- magnetic loss angle
- major-lobe angle
- maximum angle
- maximum deflection angle
- minimum angle
- minor-lobe angle
- minus angle
- nutation angle
- oblique angle
- obtuse angle
- off-boresight angle
- off-boresight target angle
- offset angle
- opening angle
- operating angle
- optic angle
- optic-axial angle
- overlap angle
- phase angle
- pitch angle
- plane angle
- plate-current angle of flow
- polar angle
- polarization angle
- poloidal angle
- potential-transformer phase angle
- precession angle
- principal angle of incidence
- principal azimuth angle
- projection angle
- pseudo-Brewster angle
- recording angle
- reentering angle
- reentrant angle
- reference angle
- reflex angle
- relative viewing angle
- right angle
- rocking angle
- roll angle
- Sasaki angle
- scan angle
- scanning angle
- scattering angle
- screen angle
- screening angle
- search angle
- sidewall angle
- sight angle
- sine-wave angle
- slewing angle
- slope angle
- solid angle
- space angle
- spatial angle
- specular angle
- spherical angle
- sputtering source solid angle
- squint angle
- station angle
- straight angle
- supplementary angle
- synchro angle
- take-off angle
- thyratron firing angle
- tilt angle
- track angle
- track tilt angle
- transit angle
- valence angle
- valence-bond angle
- vertical angle s-
- vertical modulation angle
- vertical tracking angle
- viewing angle
- visual angle
- wave angle
- wave-deviation angle
- wide scan angle
- yaw angle
- zero-coupling angle -
8 angle
угол || располагаться под углом; образовывать угол; иметь наклон || угловой- acute angle
- advance angle
- alternate angles
- angle of arrival
- angle of attack
- angle of azimuth
- angle of convergence
- angle of current flow
- angle of cutoff
- angle of departure
- angle of divergence
- angle of elevation
- angle of flow
- angle of gap
- angle of halftone screen lines
- angle of incidence
- angle of internal reflection
- angle of lag
- angle of lead
- angle of prism
- angle of propagation
- angle of radiation
- angle of reflection
- angle of refraction
- angle of retard
- angle of rotation
- angle of total internal reflection
- angle of view
- antenna elevation angle
- antenna look angle
- aperture angle
- arm angle
- aspect angle
- axial angle
- azimuth angle
- azimuthal angle
- beam angle
- beam coverage solid angle
- beam solid angle
- beam width angle
- bearing angle
- bistatic angle
- bond angle
- Bragg angle
- Bragg reflection angle
- Brewster angle
- bubble deflection angle
- bunching angle
- central angle
- commutating angle
- complementary angle
- conduction angle
- constraint angle
- contact angle
- convergence angle
- course angle
- crab angle
- critical angle
- crossing angle
- current-transformer phase angle
- cutoff angle
- cutting angle
- deflection angle
- depression angle
- descending vertical angle
- dielectric loss angle
- dielectric phase angle
- diffraction angle
- dig-in angle
- dihedral angle
- dip angle
- drag angle
- drift angle
- drift correction angle
- electrical angle
- entrance angle
- epoch angle
- exterior angle
- eye-contact angle
- Faraday rotation angle
- flare angle
- flight-path angle
- flow angle
- fusion angle
- fusional angle
- glancing angle
- glide-slope angle
- gliding angle
- grain-boundary angle
- grating-lobe angle
- grazing angle
- grid bearing angle
- grid course angle
- grid heading angle
- groove angle
- half-cone angle
- half-value angle
- Hall angle
- head off-set angle
- head wrap angle
- horizontal contact angle
- hour angle
- hyperbolic angle
- ignition dwell angle
- impedance angle
- included angle
- interfacial angle
- interior angle
- ionosphere critical angle
- listening angle
- loss angle
- magnetic loss angle
- major-lobe angle
- maximum angle
- maximum deflection angle
- minimum angle
- minor-lobe angle
- minus angle
- nutation angle
- oblique angle
- obtuse angle
- off-boresight angle
- off-boresight target angle
- offset angle
- opening angle
- operating angle
- optic angle
- optic-axial angle
- overlap angle
- phase angle
- pitch angle
- plane angle
- plate-current angle of flow
- polar angle
- polarization angle
- poloidal angle
- potential-transformer phase angle
- precession angle
- principal angle of incidence
- principal azimuth angle
- projection angle
- pseudo-Brewster angle
- recording angle
- reentering angle
- reentrant angle
- reference angle
- reflex angle
- relative viewing angle
- right angle
- rocking angle
- roll angle
- Sasaki angle
- scan angle
- scanning angle
- scattering angle
- screen angle
- screening angle
- search angle
- sidewall angle
- sight angle
- sine-wave angle
- slewing angle
- slope angle
- solid angle
- space angle
- spatial angle
- specular angle
- spherical angle
- sputtering source solid angle
- squint angle
- station angle
- straight angle
- supplementary angle
- synchro angle
- take-off angle
- thyratron firing angle
- tilt angle
- track angle
- track tilt angle
- transit angle
- valence angle
- valence-bond angle
- vertical angles
- vertical modulation angle
- vertical tracking angle
- viewing angle
- visual angle
- wave angle
- wave-deviation angle
- wide scan angle
- yaw angle
- zero-coupling angleThe New English-Russian Dictionary of Radio-electronics > angle
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9 angle
1) угол
2) отклоняющий
3) угловой профиль
4) угловый
5) уголок
6) ракурс
– acute angle
– addendum angle
– adjacent angle
– aileron angle
– alternate angle
– angle bar
– angle block
– angle cock
– angle gauge
– angle lap
– angle modulation
– angle of altitude
– angle of approach
– angle of aspect
– angle of attachment
– angle of attack
– angle of bank
– angle of bite
– angle of camber
– angle of circumference
– angle of connection
– angle of contact
– angle of contingence
– angle of convergence
– angle of deflection
– angle of dig
– angle of drift
– angle of elevation
– angle of flare
– angle of incidence
– angle of lag
– angle of lead
– angle of pitch
– angle of polarization
– angle of prism
– angle of repose
– angle of rotation
– angle of run of water-line
– angle of sight
– angle of site
– angle of situation
– angle of slide
– angle of slope
– angle of stall
– angle of taper
– angle of thread
– angle of trim
– angle of turn
– angle of yaw
– angle plug
– angle rolling
– angle shears
– angle tenon
– angle valve
– angle wrench
– aperture angle
– apex angle
– arm of an angle
– arm of angle
– at angle of
– back angle
– base angle
– beam angle
– bedding angle
– bend angle
– bevel angle
– bisect angle
– blaze angle
– Bragg angle
– bulb angle
– clearance angle
– complementary angle
– conduction angle
– corresponding angle
– crab angle
– critical angle
– curb angle
– cut angle
– cutting angle
– dead angle
– deadrise angle
– dedendum angle
– dihedral angle
– dip at high angle
– direction angle
– distortion in angle
– divergence angle
– drift angle
– elevation angle
– elevator angle
– end rake angle
– end-clearance angle
– entrance angle
– epoch angle
– equal angle
– error angle
– explement of angle
– exterior angle
– fastening angle
– firing angle
– flapping angle
– form angle
– geocentric angle
– glide angle
– helix angle
– hock angle
– hour angle
– hysteretic angle
– ignition angle
– impedance angle
– inbreak angle
– inscribed angle
– interfacial angle
– interior angle
– lag angle
– lay off angle
– lead angle
– lip angle
– loss angle
– Mach angle
– mapping angle
– nose angle
– obligue angle
– oblique angle
– observation angle
– obtuse angle
– opening angle
– operating angle
– opposite angle
– outlet angle
– phase angle
– pitch angle
– plane angle
– polyhedral angle
– pressure angle
– quadrantal angle
– re-entrant angle
– reentering angle
– related angle
– relief angle
– right angle
– ripping angle
– roll-formed angle
– rudder angle
– salient angle
– screen angle
– seat angle
– shear angle
– shielding angle
– side cut angle
– small angle
– solid angle
– spraying angle
– stall angle
– stiffening angle
– straight angle
– taper angle
– tool angle
– transit angle
– trim angle
– turned-in angle
– turning angle
– twist angle
– unequal angle
– valence angle
– vectorial angle
– vertex angle
– vertex of angle
– yaw angle
eccentric angle of an ellipse — угол составленный радиусом-вертором с большой осью эллипса
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угол; уголковый профиль, уголокangle for neutral stability — угол атаки, соответствующий нейтральной устойчивости
angle of chordwise incidence — Бр. проекция угла атаки на плоскость симметрии самолёта (при боковом скольжении)
angle of resultant momentum — ркт. угол отклонения вектора результирующего количества движения (пересекающихся струй)
angle of streamwise incidence — Бр. действительный угол атаки (измеренный в направлении невозмущённого потока)
best lift/drag ratio angle of attack — наивыгоднейший угол атаки, угол атаки при максимальном качестве
dead angle of fire — мертвый [непростреливаемый] сектор [пространства]
downwash angle at the tail — угол скоса потока у оперения [стабилизатора]
fin angle of incidence — Бр. угол атаки киля
net angle of attack — эффективный [результирующий] угол атаки
seeker angle of view — угол зрения головки самонаведения [координатора цели]
terminal (flight path) angle — ркт. угол наклона траектории полёта на конечном участке
vane angle of attack — угол атаки флюгарки; угол атаки, измеренный флюгерным датчиком
wing stall angle (of attack) — критический [срывной] угол атаки крыла
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