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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_GATE |
A <BARRIER> that may be swung, drawn, or lowered to block an entrance or passageway on a <WATERBODY> (e.g., on a <WATERCOURSE>); water gate [DFDD, Feature Dictionary: BI041]. |
688 |
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[FACC, Annex A: BI041] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_GATHERING_REGION |
A protected (restricted use) <TERRAIN_SURFACE_REGION> incorporating facilities for the collection of <WATER>, so designated in order to protect the <WATER> on and beneath the <TERRAIN> from being contaminated; water gathering region. |
1383 |
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[FACC, Annex A: FA082] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_INTAKE |
A place where <WATER> is taken into a channel or <PIPE> from a <WATERBODY>; water intake [DFDD, Feature Dictionary: BH011]. The purpose of a water intake may be to supply an <AQUEDUCT> or <WATER_TREATMENT_FACILITY>. |
1384 |
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[FACC, Annex A: BH011] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_INTAKE_TOWER |
A <TOWER> associated with a <WATER_INTAKE>; water intake tower. |
1385 |
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[FACC, Annex A: BI050] |
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STD 2014/02/14 |
WATER_MAIN |
A main <PIPE> or conduit forming a <COMPONENT> of a public or community <SYSTEM> of <PIPE>s and <VALVE>s conveying non-waste liquid <WATER> to all service connections. |
1479 |
IR |
[VDARCH, "water main"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_SURFACE_VESSEL |
A <VESSEL> capable of operation only on a <WATERBODY_SURFACE>; water surface vessel. EXAMPLES Barge, boat, ship. |
1386 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_TOWER |
A <TOWER> supporting an elevated <STORAGE_TANK> of <WATER>; water tower. |
1387 |
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[FACC, Annex A: AM080] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_TRAFFIC_SEPARATION- _SCHEME |
A measure for organizing a <TRANSPORTATION_ROUTE> that separates opposing streams of <VESSEL>s by appropriate means, including the establishment of <ROUTE_LANE>s; water traffic separation scheme. |
1264 |
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[S32, "traffic separation scheme"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_TREATMENT_BED |
A <TRACT> for the treatment of <WATER> that consists of a bed of <MATERIAL> where <WATER> is aerated or filtered; water treatment bed. |
1388 |
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[FACC, Annex A: BH040] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_TREATMENT_FACILITY |
A <FACILITY> including one or more <WATER_TREATMENT_STRUCTURE>s; water treatment facility. |
1389 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_TREATMENT_STRUCTURE |
A <STRUCTURE> containing layers of <MATERIAL> used to filter or aerate <WATER>; water treatment structure. |
1390 |
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[FACC, Annex B, BFC:84] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_TURBULENCE |
A disturbance of <WATER> caused by the interaction of any combination of <WATER_WAVE>s, <WATER_CURRENT>s, <EDDY>s, tidal streams, <WIND>, <SHOAL>s, and obstructions; water turbulence. |
1391 |
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[FACC, Annex A: BG012] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WATER_WAVE |
One of a succession of undulations that travel over a <WATERBODY_SURFACE>; water wave [SOED, "wave", I.1.a]. |
1392 |
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[FACC, Annex A: BG012] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WAYPOINT |
A <LOCATION> used to define a <ROUTE>; waypoint. |
1397 |
IR |
[IAN11] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WEAPON |
<EQUIPMENT> intended to inflict bodily harm, especially one used in warfare to overcome an enemy and/or repel a hostile attack; weapon [SOED, "weapon", 1a]. |
1398 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WEAPONS_RANGE |
A <FACILITY> designated for the purpose of discharging firearms or detonating <MUNITION>s; weapons range. A weapons range is also known as a firing range or gunnery range. |
1404 |
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[FACC, Annex A: FA015] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WEAPON_FIGHTING_POSITION |
A <FIGHTING_POSITION> designed to accommodate an individual <WEAPON>, which may be mounted on a <VEHICLE>. |
1400 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WEAPON_FIGHTING_POS- _ACCESS_ROUTE |
The concealed access <RAMP> or <LAND_TRANSPORTATION_ROUTE> leading from the exterior of a <WEAPON_FIGHTING_POSITION> to the <WEAPON_FULL_DEFILADE_POSITION> and then to the <WEAPON_HULL_DEFILADE_POSITION>; weapon fighting position access route. |
1399 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WEAPON_FULL_DEFILADE- _POSITION |
The <REGION> within a <WEAPON_FIGHTING_POSITION> in which the entire <WEAPON> is hidden from enemy view and fire; weapon full defilade position. |
1401 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WEAPON_HULL_DEFILADE- _POSITION |
The <REGION> within a <WEAPON_FIGHTING_POSITION> in which only the fighting <COMPONENT> of the <WEAPON> is exposed to enemy fire or view; weapon hull defilade position. |
1402 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WEAPON_SYSTEM |
A <WEAPON> together with all the <EQUIPMENT> (for example: detection and control apparatus, a launcher, and/or a delivery <VEHICLE>) required to make use of it; weapon system [SOED, "weapon system"]. |
1403 |
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STD 2014/02/14 |
WEAPON_TURRET_DEFILADE- _POSITION |
The <REGION> within a <WEAPON_FIGHTING_POSITION> in which the hull and fighting <COMPONENT>s of the <WEAPON> are hidden from enemy view and fire; weapon turret defilade position. |
1444 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WEATHER_STATION |
An <OBSERVATION_STATION> where meteorological data are gathered, recorded, and released; weather station. |
1405 |
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[GMET, "weather station"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WELL |
An <EXCAVATION> drilled and/or dug into the <TERRAIN> for the extraction of liquids and/or gases; well [DFDD, Feature Dictionary: AC040]. |
1406 |
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[FACC, Annex A: AA050] |
[SOED, "well", n1.5.b] |
STD 2005/06/07 |
WELL_HEAD |
<EQUIPMENT> (for example: casing heads, lowermost and intermediate tubing heads, Christmas tree equipment with valves and fittings, and/or casing and tubing hangers) used on the <TERRAIN> to maintain control of an oil <WELL>; well-head. |
1407 |
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[GOFP, "wellhead"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WETLAND |
A <TERRAIN_SURFACE_REGION> that is inundated or saturated by surface or ground <WATER> at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of <VEGETATION> typically adapted for life in conditions of saturated <SOIL>; wetland [CFR230, "wetlands"]. EXAMPLES <SWAMP>, <MARSH>, <BOG>. |
1409 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WET_DOCK |
A <DOCK> in which <WATER> can be maintained at any level by closing a <WATER_GATE> when the <WATER> is at the desired level; wet dock. |
1408 |
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[S32, "dock: wet"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WHALE |
A large, marine <MAMMAL> of the order Cetacea, the members of which have forelimbs as fins, a tail with horizontal flukes, and nasal openings on top of the head; whale [SOED, "whale", 1]. |
1410 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WHALE_POD |
A <POD> of <WHALE>s. |
1411 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WHARF |
A <STRUCTURE> serving as a berthing place for <VESSEL>s; wharf. |
1412 |
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[S32, "wharf"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIND |
A <CURRENT> of <AIR> moving relative to a <PLANETARY_SURFACE>; wind. Unless otherwise specified, usually only the horizontal component is considered. |
1413 |
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[WMO182, W0930, "wind"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WINDMILL |
A <SYSTEM> of vanes attached to a <TOWER> and driven by <WIND> (excluding <WIND_MOTOR>s); windmill. |
1420 |
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[FACC, Annex A: AJ050] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WINDOW |
An <APERTURE> in a <WALL> or the side of a <BUILDING>, <VEHICLE>, or other <STRUCTURE> that admits light, <AIR>, or both and affords a view of what is outside or inside; window [SOED, "window", 1.a]. |
1421 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIND_INDICATOR |
A <WIND>-actuated <DEVICE> indicating visually <<WIND_DIRECTION>> and/or <<WIND_SPEED>> information for the surface <WIND>; wind indicator [DFDD, Feature Dictionary: GB080]. |
1414 |
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[FACC, Annex A: GB080] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIND_MOTOR |
<EQUIPMENT> attached to a <TOWER> that generates electrical power from <WIND>; wind motor. |
1415 |
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[FACC, Annex A: AJ051] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIND_ROSE_PROPERTY_SET |
A <PROPERTY_SET> describing the relative frequency of the <<WIND_DIRECTION>>, and sometimes the frequencies of the <<WIND_SPEED>>s for different directions, experienced at a given <LOCATION> over a defined period of record; wind rose property set. |
1416 |
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[WMO182, W1120, "wind rose"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIND_TUNNEL |
<EQUIPMENT> through which <AIR> is forced at controlled velocities in order to study the effects of aerodynamic flow around airfoils, scale models, or other <OBJECT>s; wind tunnel [AHD, "wind tunnel"]. |
1417 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIND_VANE |
A visual <DEVICE> used to indicate or measure <<WIND_DIRECTION>>; wind vane. |
1418 |
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[WMO182, W1240, "wind vane"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIND_WAVE |
A <WATER_WAVE> generated by friction between the <WIND> and a <WATERBODY_SURFACE>. |
1419 |
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[BOWD, "GLOSSARY OF MARINE NAVIGATION", "wind wave"] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIRE |
Metal wrought into the form of a slender rod or thread; wire [SOED, "wire", 1]. |
1422 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WIRE_OBSTACLE |
A <TERRAIN_OBSTACLE> constructed of <WIRE>, usually containing barbs or razors; wire obstacle. |
1423 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WOODY_GRASSLAND |
A <TRACT> covered by woody and/or tree-like grasses of the tropical or temperate <REGION>s that have jointed hollow stems with solid nodes (for example: <BAMBOO> and/or sugar cane); woody grassland. |
1424 |
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[FACC, Annex A: EC010] |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WORSHIP_PLACE |
A place where religious worship is performed, especially a <BUILDING> designed for this purpose; worship place [SOED, "place of worship"]. EXAMPLES <CHAPEL>, <CHURCH>, <MOSQUE>, <SYNAGOGUE>. |
1425 |
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STD 2005/06/07 |
WRECKING_YARD |
An enclosed <TRACT> within which <EQUIPMENT> is dismantled or torn down; wrecking yard. |
1426 |
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[FACC, Annex A: AB010] |
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