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Submersible device used to map ocean currents well below the surface
so was the name: RAFOS is SOFAR spelled backward. Listening for sound requires far less energy than transmitting it, so RAFOS floats are cheaper and longer
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Oceanographic instrument platform used for making subsurface measurements in the ocean
A modern example of this type is the RAFOS float; historical versions include Swallow, ALACE, and SOFAR floats. http://www.oc.nps
Float_(oceanography)
Water layer used in ocean surveillance
at that point. That technique was given the name of SOFAR backwards: RAFOS. RAFOS is defined in the 1962 edition of The American Practical Navigator among
SOFAR_channel
English oceanographer
1994 Henry Stommel Medal of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution RAFOS float Drifter (floating device) Ice rafting Charnock, H. (1997). "John Crossley
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American physical oceanographer
and her team go on research cruises to deploy and retrieve hundreds of RAFOS floats—instruments that drift within different ocean layers and record movement
Amy_Bower
Physical oceanographic feature
characterised by a slow, outward decrease in azimuthal velocities. RAFOS floats trapped in the core of the Lofoten Vortex revealed that the vortex centre
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Hierarchical outline list of articles related to oceanography
tropical Atlantic Ocean which collect meteorological and oceanographic data RAFOS float – Submersible device used to map ocean currents well below the surface
Outline_of_oceanography
International research project
fully deployed in the summer of 2014, consists of moorings, gliders and RAFOS floats spanning the subpolar North Atlantic from Labrador to Greenland to Scotland
Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program
Overturning_in_the_Subpolar_North_Atlantic_Program
Family of military helicopters
surviving. The helicopter's flotation system was deployed, allowing it to float, and it was towed onto a nearby beach. In July 2023, an Australian MRH-90
NHIndustries_NH90
British test pilot (1904–1996)
experimental Wapitis. In 1931 he was sent to Argentina to demonstrate the Wapiti float plane but failed to secure any sales. He returned to England, took ten days
Harald_Penrose
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Sanskrit
Pleasing. Rama was mythological seventh incarnation of Vishnu and his story is told in the Hindi...
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi
Floating; Revolution
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Tamil
Floating, Revolution
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Arabic, Muslim
A Float; Buoyant
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Tamil
Floating, Revolution
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Irish
eithne means “kernel of a nut or seed†but it may also be related to Aidan meaning “little fire.†There are at least nine St. Eithnes. One 6th century St. Eithne was the mother of St. Columba. Before the birth of her son an angel appeared to her displaying a beautifully colored cloak covered with wonderful flowers. When she reached for the cloak it rose into the air, and spreading out, floated over land and sea until it seemed to rest upon the hills of a distant land. This vision foretold that her little son was to travel over the seas and there win great distinction and honour.
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Hindu, Indian
Inspire
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from one of the places called Fleet, in Dorset, Hampshire, Kent, and Lincolnshire, or from Holt Fleet on the Severn river in Worcestershire, all named with Old English flēot ‘stream’ or ‘estuary’. It may also be a topographic name from the same word used independently.English : nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English flete ‘fleet’, ‘rapid’ (probably from Old English flēotan ‘to float or glide rapidly’, and so ultimately akin to 1).
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Hindu
Floating, Revolution
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American, Arabic, British, Christian, English, French, Gaelic, Greek, Indian, Muslim, Tamil, Traditional
Attractive; Fair; Good Looking; Little Rock; Rock; Comely; Light; Buoyant; Float; Buoyant or Float
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Arabic, Muslim
A Float; Buoyant
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Floating in Glory
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Irish
eithne means “kernel of a nut or seed†but it may also be related to Aidan meaning “little fire.†There are at least nine St. Eithnes. One 6th century St. Eithne was the mother of St. Columba. Before the birth of her son an angel appeared to her displaying a beautifully colored cloak covered with wonderful flowers. When she reached for the cloak it rose into the air, and spreading out, floated over land and sea until it seemed to rest upon the hills of a distant land. This vision foretold that her little son was to travel over the seas and there win great distinction and honour.
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Gujarati, Indian
Floating
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Muslim/Islamic
A float buoyant
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Arabic
The Excellence of God
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Tamil
Vipinbehari | விபிநபேஹரீ
Forest wanderer
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Australian, Iranian, Parsi
A Character in Shahnameh
Surname or Lastname
German
German : topographic name for someone who lived by an elder tree, Middle High German holder, or from a house named for its sign of an elder tree. In same areas, for example Alsace, the elder tree was believed to be the protector of a house.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Holder ‘elder tree’.English (chiefly western counties) : occupational name for a tender of animals, from an agent derivative of Middle English hold(en) ‘to guard or keep’ (Old English h(e)aldan). It is possible that this word was also used in the wider sense of a holder of land within the feudal system. Compare Helder.
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Indian, Marathi, Telugu
Written
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Hindu
Lord Murugan
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English
English : patronymic from Wynn.
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Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Telugu
Great
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Arabic, Muslim
Trustworthy
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Hindu, Indian
One who Creates Illusion
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v. i.
Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something.
a.
Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
v. i.
A float board. See Float board (below).
adv.
In a floating manner.
v. t.
To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor.
a.
Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
v. t.
To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
n.
One who floats or swims.
n.
A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel.
a.
Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
v. i.
The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
imp. & p. p.
of Float
v. t.
To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.
v. i.
To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
v. i.
The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Float
a.
That may be floated.
n.
The business of making or managing rafts.
n.
Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
n.
A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.