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The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency with a mission to provide vital public engineering services in peace and war to strengthen the nation's security, energize the economy, and reduce risks from disasters. It is also a major U.S. Army organization employing some 38,000 ...
The ability of a rock to retain its physical and mechanical properties (i.e. resist degradation) in engineering service.
Industry:Engineering
The interval between the transit of the moon over the meridian of a place and the time of the following strength of ebb.
Industry:Engineering
Low, long-period ocean swell which commonly precedes the main swell from a distant storm, especially a tropical cyclone.
Industry:Engineering
On a wave-refraction diagram, a line drawn perpendicularly to the wave crests. Also called wave ray.
Industry:Engineering
(1) A continuing landward movement of the shoreline. (2) A net landward movement of the shoreline over a specified time.
Industry:Engineering
An elevation rising more than 1000 meters above the ocean floor, and of limited extent across the summit. Compare knoll.
Industry:Engineering
The tidal current away from shore or down a tidal stream. Usually associated with the decrease in the height of the tide.
Industry:Engineering
Unconsolidated natural accumulation of rounded rock fragments coarser than sand but finer than pebbles (2-4 mm diameter).
Industry:Engineering
A plane midway between mean high water and mean low water. Not necessarily equal to mean sea level. Also half-tide level.
Industry:Engineering
A survey that has as its principal purpose the determination of geometric and dynamic characteristics of bodies of water.
Industry:Engineering
