annual layer

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• annual ring — n. any of the concentric rings seen in cross sections of the stems of most trees and shrubs: each ring is a layer of wood that normally is a year s growth …   English World dictionary

• annual frost zone —    The top layer of ground subject to annual freezing and thawing [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• annual ring — noun Date: 1792 the layer of wood produced by a single year s growth of a woody plant …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• annual ring — noun The layer of wood, observed as one of many concentric rings when cut, formed during one year of a plants growth Syn: growth ring, tree ring …   Wiktionary

• Active layer — In environments containing permafrost, the active layer is the top layer of soil that thaws during the summer and freezes again during the autumn. In all climates, whether they contain permafrost or not, the temperature in the lower levels of the …   Wikipedia

• Stokes boundary layer — in a viscous fluid due to the harmonic oscillation of a plane rigid plate. Velocity (blue line) and particle excursion (red dots) as a function of the distance to the wall. In fluid dynamics, the Stokes boundary layer, or oscillatory boundary… …   Wikipedia

• Creamy layer — The creamy layer is a term used in Indian politics to refer to the relatively wealthier and better educated members of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) who are not eligible for government sponsored educational and professional benefit programs.… …   Wikipedia

• Ekman layer — In standard boundary layer theory, the effects of viscous diffusion are usually balanced by convective inertia. When a fluid rotates, however, the dominant balance may instead be struck between diffusion effects and the Coriolis force. Under… …   Wikipedia

• Animal locomotion on the surface layer of water — Animal locomotion on the surface layer is the study of animal locomotion in the case of small animals that live on the surface layer of water, relying on surface tension to stay afloat.There are two means of walking on water; the regime… …   Wikipedia

• active layer —    The top layer of ground subject to annual thawing and freezing in areas underlain by permafrost.    NRC …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• Dye 3 — is an ice core site and previously part of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) line, located at (65°11′N 43°49′W / 65.183°N 43.817°W / 65.183; 43.817 ( …   Wikipedia