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OP Opaque identifiers are base identifiers that are assigned with no widely recognizable semantic information. Matthew Hanlon 2023.03.27
opacity the condition of lacking transparency or translucence; opaqueness Anne Bowser 2023.03.27
opacity The extinction coefficient for a particular substance is a measure of how well it scatters and absorbs electromagnetic radiation (EM waves). If the EM wave can pass through very easily, the material h as a low extinction coefficient. Conversely, if the radiation hardly penetrates the material, but rather quickly becomes extinct within it, the extinction coefficient is high. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
opacity obscurity of meaning Anne Bowser 2023.03.27
Opal No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
opaque No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
open No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Open Access is granted to everyone. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Open-air schools No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Open-air treatment No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Open and closed shop No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Open-cavity ice Ice formed in an open cavity or crack in the ground by reverse sublimation of water vapour GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Open-cavity ice Ice formed in an open cavity or crack in the ground by reverse sublimation of water vapour. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
open channel flow Flow of a fluid with its surface exposed to the atmosphere. Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
open circuit wind tunnel a wind tunnel that draws air in through an inlet, through its test section and out an exhaust #{g: xqDesignSafeWind(undefined) | -} Fred Haan 2023.03.27
opendap No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Open drift Sea ice terminology which describes floating ice in which the concentration is 4/10 to 6/10, with many leads and polynyas. Floes are generally not in contact with one another in open drift. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Open Field Lines No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Open-hearth process No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
open jet wind tunnel a wind tunnel where the test section is not enclose in a duct as part of the wind tunnel circuit but rather is placed downstream of the tunnel exhaust Fred Haan 2023.03.27
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