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Coastal engineering
A branch of civil engineering that applies engineering principles specifically to projects within the coastal zone including areas nearshore, estuary, marine, and shoreline.
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Sounding line
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A line, wire, or cord used in sounding, which is weighted at one end with a plummet (sounding lead). Also lead line.
Duration
Engineering; Coastal engineering
In wave forecasting, the length of time the wind blows in nearly the same direction over the fetch (generating area).
Philtre
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Intermediate layer, preventing fine materials of an underlayer from being washed through the voids of an upper layer.
Forerunner
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Low, long-period ocean swell which commonly precedes the main swell from a distant storm, especially a tropical cyclone.
Seamount
Engineering; Coastal engineering
An elevation rising more than 1000 metres above the ocean floor, and of limited extent across the summit. Compare knoll.
Wave group
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A series of waves in which the wave direction, wavelength, and wave height vary only slightly. See also group velocity.
Drumlin
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A low, smoothly-rounded, elongate hill of compact glacial till built under the margin of the ice and shaped by its flow.
