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Record 1 2012-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Oceanography
DEF

A wave in which the surface of the water oscillates vertically between fixed nodes without progressing.

OBS

The points of maximum vertical rise and fall are antinodes or loops. It may be the result of two equal progressive waves travelling through each other, but in opposite directions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Onde dans lequel la surface de l'eau oscille verticalement entre des nœuds fixes.

CONT

clapotis : Agitation de la mer qui se produit lorsque deux houles égales et de sens contraire se rencontrent, et qui est caractérisée par des ondes stationnaires.

Spanish

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