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Glossary of Oceanography Terms
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seabed
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noun
  1. The floor or bottom of the sea or ocean
seafloor
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noun
  1. The bottom of a sea or ocean; often covered with sediment.
sludge
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noun
  1. unpleasant viscous oozy sewage ejection
stratum
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noun (strat, a)
  1. One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another
  2. (geology) A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout
  3. Any of the regions of the atmosphere, such as the stratosphere, that occur as layers
  4. (biology) A layer of tissue
  5. A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status
surge
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noun
  1. (nautical) The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
  2. A sudden rush, flood or increase which is transient.
He felt a of excitement.
  1. A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
A power
verb (surg, es)
  1. (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
Toaster sales surged last year.
  1. (context, transitive, nautical) To slack off a line.
swell
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noun
  1. A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
  2. (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
  3. (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
  4. (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
verb (swells, swelling, swelled, swollen or swelled)
  1. (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
adjective (i, nonstandard)
  1. (informal) excellent, Excellent.

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