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Sailing Glossary - Letter B

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Backing:A change in wind dir ... ...

Backlash:The play or loose mo ... ...

Backplane:Area of a computer o ... ...

Balloon:See captive balloon, ... ...

Balloon ceiling:The ceiling classifi ... ...

Balloon cover:A cover which fits o ... ...

Balloon drag:A small balloon, loa ... ...

Balloon shroud:Same as balloon cove ... ...

Bandwidth:The number of cycles ... ...

Bankfull stage:The stage, on a fixe ... ...

Bar:A unit of pressure e ... ...

Barogram:The record of a baro ... ...

Barograph:A continuous-recordi ... ...

Barometer:An instrument for me ... ...

Barometric pressure:Same as atmospheric ... ...

Barometry:The art or process o ... ...

Baroswitch:A pressure-operated ... ...

Barothermograph:An instrument that a ... ...

Basin:See river basin. ... ...

Basin accounting:See hydrologic accou ... ...

Basin lag:A computed character ... ...

Basin recharge:The difference betwe ... ...

Baud:A unit of signaling ... ...

BCD:Binary Coded Decimal ... ...

Beaufort wind scale:A system of estimati ... ...

Bellani atmometer:An instrument which ... ...

Bellows:See aneroid capsule. ... ...

Bimetal strip:See bimetallic therm ... ...

Bimetallic thermometer:A thermometer, the s ... ...

Binary:A numbering system u ... ...

Bit:Abbreviation for bin ... ...

Bivane:A wind vane used to ... ...

Black body:A hypothetical, idea ... ...

Black-bulb thermometer:A thermometer whose ... ...

Blizzard:A severe weather con ... ...

Boiling point:Temperature of equil ... ...

Bologram:The record obtained ... ...

Bolometer:Instrument for measu ... ...

Bottle thermometer:A thermoelectric the ... ...

Bourdon tube:Closed, curved, flex ... ...

Breeze:Wind with a speed be ... ...

Bridled-cup anemometer:A combination cup an ... ...

British thermal unit:A unit of energy def ... ...

Brontometer:A general term to de ... ...

Bucket thermometer:A water-temperature ... ...

Burst:A radar term for a s ... ...

Bus:A set of electrical ... ...

Byte:The group of bits wh ... ...

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