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  2. Visual Glide Slope Indicator - Wikipedia

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    Visual Glide Slope Indicator or Visual Glideslope Indicator (VGSI) is a ground device that uses lights to assist a pilot in landing an airplane at an airport.The lights define a vertical approach path during the final approach to a runway and can help the pilot determine if the airplane is too high or too low for an optimum landing.

  3. Stack light - Wikipedia

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    Stack light in automated production for in-line quality inspection. Stack lights (also known as signal tower lights, indicator lights, andon lights, warning lights, industrial signal lights, or tower lights) are commonly used on equipment in industrial manufacturing and process control environments to provide visual and audible indicators of a machine's status to machine operators, technicians ...

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

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    [1] bore 1. A steep-fronted wave formed by the convergence of two tidal bulges or by the constriction of an incoming tide as it travels up a river, firth, or narrow bay, temporarily reversing the direction of the current. [4] 2. A deep, man-made hole or shaft drilled into the ground, e.g. in mining, or for digging a well or tunnel.

  5. Geophysics - Wikipedia

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    Much of the dating information comes from magnetic anomalies. [1] Computer simulation of the Earth's magnetic field in a period of normal polarity between reversals [ 2 ] Geophysics ( / ˌ dʒ iː oʊ ˈ f ɪ z ɪ k s / ) is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its ...

  6. Albedo - Wikipedia

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    The reflectivity of a water surface is calculated using the Fresnel equations. At the scale of the wavelength of light even wavy water is always smooth so the light is reflected in a locally specular manner (not diffusely). The glint of light off water is a commonplace effect of this.

  7. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet is a multi-national American company that provides tools for studying and learning. [1] Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [ 2 ] and released to the public in January 2007. [ 3 ]

  8. Fuel gauge - Wikipedia

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    In addition, when the resistance is at a certain point, it will also turn on a "low fuel" light on some vehicles. [3] Meanwhile, the indicator unit (usually mounted on the dashboard) is measuring and displaying the amount of electric current flowing through the sending unit. When the tank level is high and maximum current is flowing, the needle ...

  9. Bright spot - Wikipedia

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    The diagram above shows the acoustic impedance relationship that results in a bright spot. In reflection seismology, a bright spot is a local high amplitude seismic attribute anomaly that can indicate the presence of hydrocarbons and is therefore known as a direct hydrocarbon indicator.