low-oblique photograph

  • 1low oblique — An aerial photograph taken from low altitude at an oblique angle to either side of the aircraft, which does not show the horizon. Vertical photographs and those taken from a nose camera do not qualify as low oblique photographs. See aerial… …

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  • 2low oblique — See oblique air photograph …

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  • 3oblique photography/oblique aerial photography — A type of aerial photography in which the camera axis is deliberately kept tilted from the vertical by a specified angle. The photographs, thus taken, reveal details masked in some ways in vertical photographs. The main function of this type of… …

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  • 4oblique air photograph — An air photograph taken with the camera axis directed between the horizontal and vertical planes. Commonly referred to as an “oblique.” a. High Oblique. One in which the apparent horizon appears. b. Low Oblique. One in which the apparent horizon… …

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  • 5Microscopy — is the technical field of using microscopes to view samples and objects that cannot be seen with the unaided eye (objects that are not within the resolution range of the normal eye). There are three well known branches of microscopy, optical,… …

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  • 8Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin powered variants) — Infobox Aircraft name =Spitfire type =Fighter manufacturer =Supermarine caption =Spitfire Vc launching from USS Wasp designer =R. J. Mitchell first flight =5 March 1936 introduction =1938 retired =1955, RAF status = primary user =Royal Air Force… …

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  • 9United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 10climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …

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