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Nautical
of or relating to boats, sailing, maritime topics
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Sounding
Transportation; Nautical
Measuring the depth of the water. Traditionally done by swinging the lead, now commonly by echo sounding.
Radar
Transportation; Nautical
Acronym for radio Detection And Ranging. An electronic system designed to transmit radio signals and receive reflected images of those signals from a "target" in order to determine the bearing and ...
Aloft
Transportation; Nautical
In the rigging of a sailing ship. Above the ship's uppermost solid structure; overhead or high above.
Fathom
Transportation; Nautical
A unit of length equal to 6 feet (1.8 m), roughly measured as the distance between a man's outstretched hands. Particularly used to measure depth.
