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Passage planning — or voyage planning is a procedure to develop a complete description of a vessel s voyage from start to finish. The plan includes leaving the dock and harbor area, the en route portion of a voyage, approaching the destination, and mooring.… … Wikipedia
fish passage efficiency — the proportion of juvenile fish passing a project through the spillway, sluiceway, or juvenile bypass system, as opposed to passing through the turbines … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish-passage efficiency — the proportion of juvenile fish passing a project through the spillway, sluiceway, or juvenile bypass system, as opposed to passing through the turbines … Dictionary of ichthyology
Commission on Economy and Efficiency — The Commission on Economy and Efficiency was a presidential commission appointed by President William Howard Taft between 1910 and 1913 to look at and propose reforms for the United States federal government. It is also known in government… … Wikipedia
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act — The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102 240; ISTEA, pronounced Ice Tea) is a United States federal law that posed a major change to transportation planning and policy, as the first U.S. federal legislation on… … Wikipedia
digestion efficiency — measured as the proportion of food that does not survive passage through the gut … Dictionary of ichthyology
turbine — /terr bin, buyn/, n. any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as … Universalium
United 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… … Universalium
education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… … Universalium
India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… … Universalium
