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elevation difference

elevation difference

[‚el·ə′vā·shən ‚dif·rəns]
(ordnance)
The change in elevation which must be applied to a particular gun when firing data are being received from a base piece or other directing point.
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For example, in Figure 6(b), the values of the estimated shape parameters for both the sum and elevation difference channels are lower than those for the azimuth difference channel in the region from the 100th to 200th range cells.
After shooting 20 rounds, I only adjusted .2 mils for the elevation difference at 836-yard steel targets compared to the Homady 178-grain Match load.
The story of the political maneuvering, construction and materials problems, lack of trained and experienced engineers, contractors and workmen, and the trouble overcoming the elevation difference of more than 550 feet between Lake Erie and the Hudson River, as well as rivers, swamps, millions of trees and long stretches of solid rock would, and has, filled several books.
Deliveries range from minimal pressure up to 40 to 90 psi depending on the elevation difference from the canal that flows into the pipe networks.
Designed with urban environments in mind, the structure features a small footprint to minimize conflicts with other utilities and needs only minimal elevation difference between the inlet and outlet pipe.
With an elevation difference of 1,439 meters, atmospheric pressure, temperature, weather and other conditions vary significantly between the start and finish.
As always, the keyboard sits on a base that is slightly lower than the palm-rest area and the touchpad, and that almost always blends together smoothly, so much so that most people would not even realize the elevation difference. In the case of the ENVY TouchSmart 14, this elevation difference is marked by rather sharp edges , which have the potential to hurt you.
Therefore, we created a provisional polar bear denning habitat map from the DTM by extracting each 5 x 5 m cell with an elevation difference of 1.3 m or more between it and at least one of the eight adjacent cells.
The Peace Conduit scheme as envisaged by the bank would take advantage of the gravity flow of the water, an effect of the more than 417-metre elevation difference between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea.
18 to challenge the roughly 4,600 km loop course circling around the country, a grueling course with a maximum elevation difference of about 2,000 m.
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