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Sailing Glossary - Letter D

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Damping ratio:A constant which des ... ...
Data acquisition:The process by which ... ...
Dead band:The range through wh ... ...
Decibar:A unit of pressure u ... ...
Decibel:A measure of the rel ... ...
Deepening:A decrease in the ce ... ...
Deformation thermometer:A thermometer using ... ...
Degree day:Generally, a measure ... ...
Degree hour:As used by the U.S. ... ...
Degree-day:A unit that represen ... ...
Delay distance:The length of air fl ... ...
Delta temperature:The difference betwe ... ...
Depression:In meteorology, an a ... ...
Dew:Water condensed onto ... ...
Dew cell:An instrument used t ... ...
Dew point (or dew-point temperature):The temperature to w ... ...
Dew-point apparatus:Same as dew-point hy ... ...
Dew-point hygrometer:Hygrometer in which ... ...
Dew-point spread:The difference betwe ... ...
Diabatic process:Thermodynamic change ... ...
Diamond-Hinnman radiosonde:A variable audio-mod ... ...
Diffuse solar radiation (sky radiation):Downward scattered a ... ...
Diffusion hygrometer:A hygrometer based u ... ...
Digital:Pertaining to measur ... ...
Dines anemometer:A type of pressure-t ... ...
Dines radiometer:An instrument for me ... ...
Direct solar radiation:Radiation coming fro ... ...
Discharge:Rate of flow of wate ... ...
Disdrometer:Apparatus designed t ... ...
Disk hardness gauge:An instrument for me ... ...
Distance constant:The length of fluid ... ...
Dobson spectrophotometer:A photoelectric spec ... ...
Doppler radar:Radar that can measu ... ...
Dosimeter:An instrument for me ... ...
Double-theodolite observation:A technique for maki ... ...
Downdraft:A relatively small-s ... ...
Downward total radiation:Solar and terrestria ... ...
Drainage area:The size of the area ... ...
Drift:The variation over a ... ...
Drizzle:Very small precipita ... ...
Dropsonde:A radiosonde which i ... ...
Drosometer:An instrument used t ... ...
Dry adiabatic lapse rate:The rate of decrease ... ...
Dry-bulb temperature:Technically, the tem ... ...
Dry-bulb thermometer:Companion to the wet ... ...
Dyne:The unit of force in ... ...

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