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• Arctic Ocean [r]: Collective name for the region of Earth, both land and sea, which surrounds the North Pole. ^[e]
• Augustin-Louis Cauchy [r]: (1789 – 1857) prominent French mathematician, one of the pioneers of rigor in mathematics and complex analysis. ^[e]
• Biome [r]: Major regional or global biotic community, such as a grassland or desert, characterized chiefly by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate. ^[e]
• Climate [r]: The overall weather pattern for an extended period for any defined geographical location which may be over any size of area up to and including the entire Earth. ^[e]
• Compass [r]: A device which has the basic function of displaying a bearing for navigation. ^[e]
• Declination [r]: Angular distance to a point on a celestial object, measured north or south from the celestial equator. ^[e]
• Ecliptic [r]: Great circle that apparent orbit of Sun makes on celestial sphere. ^[e]
• Geographic Information System [r]: Combined database and mapping system for the capture, storage, and manipulation of geographic data. ^[e]
• Global Navigation Satellite System [r]: A system which allows small electronic devices to determine their location (Longitude, Latitude, and Altitude) as well as time with an accuracy of up to a few centimetres using time signals transmitted along a line of sight by radio from satellites. ^[e]
• Kilometre [r]: An SI unit of length, equal to 1000 metres, commonly used for measuring distances on the earth's surface. ^[e]
• Longitude [r]: Angular distance on the earth's surface, measured east or west from the prime meridian at Greenwich, England, to the meridian passing through a position, expressed in degrees (or hours), minutes, and seconds. ^[e]
• Mile [r]: A non-SI unit of length, equal to 1.609 kilometres, and equivalent to 5,280 feet. ^[e]
• Nautical mile [r]: Unit of distance approximately equal to one minute of arc of latitude, now defined as being exactly 1852 metres. ^[e]
• New Zealand [r]: Country in the South Pacific; constitutional monarchy and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. ^[e]
• Spherical polar coordinates [r]: Angular coordinates on a sphere: longitude angle φ, colatitude angle θ ^[e]
• Sundial [r]: An instrument for measuring time, using the position of the sun in the sky. ^[e]
• Tropic [r]: Either of two parallels of latitude on the earth, one 23°27′ north of the equator and the other 23°27′ south of the equator, representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead. ^[e]
• Wristwatch [r]: Timepiece designed to be worn around the wrist. ^[e]
• Yard [r]: A non-SI unit of length, equal to 0.9144 metre, and equivalent to 3 feet. ^[e]