submerged breakwater

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submerged breakwater [səb′mərjd ′brāk‚wȯd·ər]

(oceanography)

A breakwater with its top below the still water level; when struck by a wave, part of the wave energy is reflected seaward and the remaining energy is largely dissipated in a breaker, transmitted shoreward as a multiple crest system, or transmitted shoreward as a simple wave system.

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