单词 | surface towing |
释义 | > as lemmassurface towing (a) With reference to the surface of water or other liquid (sense 1d), as surface current, surface drift, surface ripple, surface towing, etc. ΚΠ 1818 Philos. Mag. 51 302 The winds, and surface currents..are influenced generally in a similar way by the sun's power. 1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography 1 The surface ripples raised by the passing breeze. 1885 Science 15 Mar. 213 A steam launch, in which to make surface towings. 1939 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) vi. 104 The term plankton denotes the whole collection of animal or vegetable organisms, mostly of microscopic size, which drift at the mercy of the surface currents. 1970 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 15 595 Seasonal variations of surface temperature, heat exchange, surface drift, and surface winds along the west coast of South America. 2004 National Geographic Sept. 27/2 Warm, salty water flows from the tropical Atlantic north toward the Pole in surface currents like the Gulf Stream. < as lemmas |
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