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  2. Direction - Wikipedia

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    Direction Records, a label began by Bobby Darin. Direction (record label) , a record label in the UK in the late 1960s, a subsidiary of CBS Records, specialising in soul music Directions: The Plans Video Album , a DVD video album made of videos inspired by songs from indie rock/pop band Death Cab for Cutie's album Plans

  3. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    Any system of measurement that begins at a minimum, or zero point, and progresses in only one direction. The zero point of an absolute scale is a natural minimum, leaving only one direction in which to progress, whereas an arbitrary or "relative" scale begins at some point selected by a person and can progress in both directions. absolute zero

  4. Vertical and horizontal - Wikipedia

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    The word horizontal is derived from the Latin horizon, which derives from the Greek ὁρῐ́ζων, meaning 'separating' or 'marking a boundary'. [2] The word vertical is derived from the late Latin verticalis, which is from the same root as vertex, meaning 'highest point' or more literally the 'turning point' such as in a whirlpool.

  5. List of ship directions - Wikipedia

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    Leeward: side or direction away from the wind (opposite of "windward"). [16] On deck: to an outside or muster deck (as "all hands on deck"). [17] On board: on, onto, or within the ship [18] Onboard: somewhere on or in the ship. [19] Outboard: attached outside the ship. [20] Port: the left side of the ship, when facing forward (opposite of ...

  6. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    See three-way junction 5-1-1 A transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada that was initially designated for road weather information. A Access road See frontage road Advisory speed limit A speed recommendation by a governing body. All-way stop or four-way stop An intersection system where traffic approaching it from all directions ...

  7. Different Directions - Wikipedia

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  8. Azimuth - Wikipedia

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    The azimuth is the angle formed between a reference direction (in this example north) and a line from the observer to a point of interest projected on the same plane as the reference direction orthogonal to the zenith. An azimuth (/ ˈ æ z ə m ə θ / ⓘ; from Arabic: اَلسُّمُوت, romanized: as-sumūt, lit.

  9. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...