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Metocean Glossary
A trusted hydrography reference for the maritime industry.
Metocean glossary is a dictionary that is authoritative reference to hydrographic related terms and definitions used in various standards, specifications and other informative referred in Maritime Industry.
In Indonesian hydrography, The International Hydrographics Dictionary (S-32) is the main standards of terms and definition used.
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| No. | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point | One thirty-second of a circle, that is 11 15', reckoned clockwise from north at the horizon. |
| 2 | Time | The measurable aspect of duration. It may be expressed in relation to a reference phenomenon. |
| 3 | Ice | The solid form of water. |
| 4 | Ria | A long narrow inlet with depth gradually diminishing inward. |
| 5 | Surf | Collective term for breakers, bores, swash and backwash on a shore. |
| 6 | Gat | A natural or artificial passage or small channel through shoals, breakers, coral or mangrove areas, among banks or islands, or from lagoons or estuaries through a barrier beach. |
| 7 | Wave | A disturbance which moves through or over the surface of a medium with accompanying propagation of energy. |
| 8 | Light | A luminous or lighted aid to navigation; a distinctive indication of a danger. |
| 9 | Earth | The planet which we inhabit, third in distance from the Sun. |
| 10 | Area | In United Nations law of the sea terminology, the sea-bed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. |
