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• Trough (meteorology) — A trough is an elongated region of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with fronts. Unlike fronts, there is not a universal symbol for a trough on a weather chart. In the United States, a trough may be marked as a dashed line.… …   Wikipedia

• Trough —   High temperature (180+) concentrator with one axis tracking.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …   Energy terms

• Nankai Trough — The Nankai Trough 南海トラフ (Nankai Torafu?) is a submarine trough located south of Japan s island of Honshū, extending approximately 900 km offshore. In plate tectonics, the Nankai Trough marks a subduction zone that is caused by subduction of… …   Wikipedia

• Mariana Trough —   The Mariana Trough lies in the southern part of the IBM arc system in the Western Pacific. Guam and The Northern Mariana Islands mark its eastern limit. The Mariana Trough i …   Wikipedia

• Monsoon trough — August position of the ITCZ and monsoon trough in the Pacific Ocean, depicted by area of convergent streamlines in the northern Pacific The monsoon trough is that portion of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) which extends into or through… …   Wikipedia

• Parabolic trough — A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal energy collector. It is constructed as a long parabolic mirror (usually coated silver or polished aluminum) with a Dewar tube running its length at the focal point. Sunlight is reflected by the mirror …   Wikipedia

• Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis — The hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA or HTPA axis), also known as the limbic hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (LHPA axis), is a complex set of direct influences and feedback interactions among the hypothalamus (a hollow, funnel shaped… …   Wikipedia

• Near-equatorial trough — Since 1954, studies concluded that the near equatorial trough was associated with a maximum in oceanic sea surface temperature. It is sometimes used as a synonym for the terms near equatorial tradewind convergence,[1] Intertropical convergence… …   Wikipedia

• Penck Trough — (coord|73|0|S|2|45|W|) is a broad ice filled valley trending SW NE. for about 60 miles (100 km) between Borg Massif and the northeast part of Kirwan Escarpment, in Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher,… …   Wikipedia

• Parabolic trough —   A high temperature (above 180 degrees Fahrenheit) solar thermal concentrator with the capacity for tracking the sun using one axis of rotation.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …   Energy terms

• Geology of the Iberian Peninsula — The geology of the Iberian Peninsula consists of the study of the rock formations on the Iberian Peninsula, which includes Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar. The peninsula contains rocks from every age from Ediacaran to Recent, and almost… …   Wikipedia