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  • 101sand boil —    An accumulation of sand commonly in the form of a low mound, produced by the expulsion of liquefied sand to the ground surface; sometimes called sand volcanoes (not preferred). Examples are found on top of some landslide deposits (i.e.,… …

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  • 102Surface wave — Diving grebe creates surface waves In physics, a surface wave is a mechanical wave that propagates along the interface between differing media, usually two fluids with different densities. A surface wave can also be an electromagnetic wave guided …

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  • 103Sand (comics) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir sand (homonymie). Sand Personnage de fiction apparaissant dans Sandm …

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  • 104Sand volcano — A sand volcano or sand blow is a cone of sand formed by the ejection of sand onto a surface from a central point. The sand builds up as a cone with slopes at the sand s angle of repose. A crater is commonly seen at the summit. The cone looks like …

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  • 105surface coating — ▪ chemistry Introduction       any mixture of film forming materials plus pigments, solvents, and other additives, which, when applied to a surface and cured or dried, yields a thin film that is functional and often decorative. Surface coatings… …

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  • 106Sand Rat — Taxobox | name = Sand Rat status= secure fossil range = Late Miocene Recent regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia superfamilia = Muroidea familia = Muridae subfamilia = Gerbillinae genus = Psammomys species = P.… …

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  • 107Sand Point Airport — Infobox Airport name = Sand Point Airport IATA = SDP ICAO = PASD FAA = SDP type = Public owner = State of Alaska DOT PF Central Region operator = city served = Sand Point, Alaska location = elevation f = 21 elevation m = 6 coordinates =… …

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  • 108sand painting — 1. the ceremonial practice among Navaho and Pueblo Indians of creating symbolic designs on a flat surface with varicolored sand. 2. the designs so made. [1895 1900, Amer.] * * * also called  dry painting        type of art that exists in highly… …

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  • 109sand — sand1 W3 [sænd] n ↑hourglass, ↑sand [: Old English;] 1.) [U] a substance consisting of very small pieces of rocks and minerals, that forms beaches and deserts ▪ a mixture of sand and cement ▪ I have sand in my shoe. 2.) [U and C] an area of beach …

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  • 110Sand Springs Range — The Sand Springs Range is a short mountain range located in western Nevada in the United States. It is approximately 10 miles long and is in Churchill County. It separates Salt Wells (to the west) from Fairview Valley (to the east). To the north …

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