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• Automatic Radar Plotting Aid — Pour les articles homonymes, voir ARPA. Photo d un système ARPA à bord d un navire. L ARPA (acronyme anglais signifiant Automatic Radar Plotting Aid, en français aide de pointage radar autom …   Wikipédia en Français

• surveying — /seuhr vay ing/, n. 1. the science or scientific method of making surveys of land. 2. the occupation of one who makes land surveys. 3. the act of one who surveys: The surveying required nearly two days. [1425 75; late ME: act of examining… …   Universalium

• accommodation — i. The ability of the human eye to adjust itself to give sharp images for different object distances. It is the process by which the lens of the eye can be flattened to focus distant points on the retina or made more convex to focus nearby points …   Aviation dictionary

• air base — i. An air force station or base. ii. In aerial photography, the line joining two air stations, the length of this line, or the distance between exposure stations of a stereo pair. iii. The distance at the scale of the stereoscopic model between… …   Aviation dictionary

• base — i. A location where aircraft with all facilities are based. Refers to an air force base, naval air station, and fixed base operator. ii. In air traffic control phraseology and when transmitted on the radio, it means turning onto the base leg of… …   Aviation dictionary

• stereocomparagraph — “+ noun Etymology: stereocomparator + graph : a plotting instrument using the stereoscopic principle of parallax for increased accuracy in making small scale contour maps …   Useful english dictionary

• cathode-ray oscilloscope — ▪ instrument       electronic display device containing a cathode ray tube (CRT) that generates an electron beam that is used to produce visible patterns, or graphs, on a phosphorescent screen. The graphs plot the relationships between two or… …   Universalium

• Royal Observer Corps — Ensign Active 1925–1996 Country …   Wikipedia

• analysis — /euh nal euh sis/, n., pl. analyses / seez /. 1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its… …   Universalium

• protractor — /proh trak teuhr, preuh /, n. 1. a person or thing that protracts. 2. (in surveying, mathematics, etc.) an instrument having a graduated arc for plotting or measuring angles. 3. Anat. a muscle that causes a part to protrude. [1605 15; < ML; see… …   Universalium

• navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… …   Universalium