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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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Head of rip
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The part of a rip current that has widened out seaward of the breakers. See also current, rip; current, feeder; and neck (RIP).
Cohesive sediment
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Sediment containing significant proportion of clays, the electromagnetic properties of which cause the sediment to bind together.
Synoptic chart
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a given area at a given time. Popularly called a weather map.
Suspended load sampler
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A sampler which attempts to secure a sample of the water with its sediment load without separating the sediment from the water.
Permeable groyne
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A groyne with openings or voids large enough to permit passage of appreciable quantities of littoral drift through the structure.
Minimum fetch
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The least distance in which steady-state wave conditions will develop for a wind of given speed blowing a given duration of time.
Wave setup
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Superelevation of the water surface over normal surge elevation due to onshore mass transport of the water by wave action alone.
