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1. Topography: Topography (Greek topos, "place," and graphia, "writing") is the study of Earth's surface features or those of planets, moons, and asteroids. In the broadest sense, topography is concerned with local detail in general, including not only relief but also ... [100%] 2023-02-04
2. Topography: Topography, a description of a town, district or locality, giving details of its geographical and architectural features. The term is also applied in anatomy to the mapping out of the surface of the human body, either according to a division ... [100%] 2022-09-02
3. Topography: Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to the land forms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps. (Earth) [100%] 2023-12-19 [Cartography] [Geography]...
4. Topography of Terror: The Topography of Terror (German: Topographie des Terrors) is an outdoor and indoor history museum in Berlin, Germany. It is located on Niederkirchnerstrasse, formerly Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse, on the site of buildings, which during the Nazi regime from 1933 to ... (Nazi history museum in Berlin) [57%] 2024-01-12 [Berlin Wall] [Gestapo]...
5. Integrated Circuit Topography Act: Template:Infobox Canadian legislation The Integrated Circuit Topography Act (An Act to provide for the protection of integrated circuit topographies and to amend certain Acts in consequence thereof, C-37) is legislation passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1990 ... (Social) [50%] 2023-12-14 [Intellectual property law]
6. Shuttle Radar Topography Mission: The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is an international research effort that obtained digital elevation models on a near-global scale from 56°S to 60°N, to generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of Earth prior ... (Earth) [50%] 2024-01-06 [Space synthetic aperture radar] [Spacecraft instruments]...
7. Surface Water Ocean Topography: The Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission is a future satellite mission, jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA). The objectives of the mission are ... (Astronomy) [50%] 2023-11-06 [NASA programs]
8. Ocean Surface Topography Mission: The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) on the Jason-2 satellite is an international Earth observation satellite mission that continues the sea surface height measurements begun in 1992 by the joint NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon mission and followed by the ... (Earth) [50%] 2022-08-17 [NASA satellites orbiting Earth] [Remote sensing]...
9. Topography of the Moon: File:Moon elevation 2.stl The topography of the Moon (also known as geography of the Moon, cartography of the Moon, selenography, or selenodesy) is the mapping of the Moon's surface and the study of its shape. It has ... (Astronomy) [50%] 2022-11-20 [Topography] [Geodesy]...
10. Surface Water and Ocean Topography: The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission is a satellite altimeter jointly developed and operated by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA). The objectives of ... (NASA satellite of the Explorer program) [44%] 2023-09-01 [NASA programs] [Earth satellite radar altimeters]...
11. Surface Water and Ocean Topography: The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission is a satellite altimeter jointly developed and operated by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA). The objectives of ... (Astronomy) [44%] 2024-09-03 [NASA programs] [Earth satellite radar altimeters]...
12. Computer Atlas of Surface Topography of Proteins: Computer Atlas of Surface Topography of Proteins (CASTp) aims to provide comprehensive and detailed quantitative characterization of topographic features of protein, is now updated to version 3.0. Since its release in 2006, the CASTp server has ~ 45 000 visits ... [37%] 2023-03-02 [Bioinformatics] [Proteomics]...
13. Dynamic topography: The term dynamic topography is used in geodynamics to refer the elevation differences caused by the flow within Earth's mantle. In geodynamics, dynamic topography refers to topography generated by the motion of zones of differing degrees of buoyancy (convection ... (Elevation changes caused by the flow within Earth's mantle) [70%] 2023-12-28 [Geodynamics] [Oceanography]...
14. Dynamic topography: The term dynamic topography is used in geodynamics to refer the elevation differences caused by the flow within Earth's mantle. In geodynamics, dynamic topography refers to topography generated by the motion of zones of differing degrees of buoyancy (convection ... (Elevation changes caused by the flow within Earth's mantle) [70%] 2024-01-21 [Geodynamics] [Oceanography]...
15. Scalloped topography: Scalloped topography is common in the mid-latitudes of Mars, between 45° and 60° north and south. It is particularly prominent in the region of Utopia Planitia, in the northern hemisphere, and in the region of Peneus and Amphitrites Paterae ... (Astronomy) [70%] 2023-12-29 [Geology of Mars] [Surface features of Mars]...
16. Medical topography: In geography, medical topography is "the systematic surveying, mapping, charting, and description of specific geographical sites, with reference to the physical features that were presumed to influence health and disease. Often associated with Hippocrates, the process became a significant part ... [70%] 2023-06-26
17. Dynamic topography: The term dynamic topography is used in geodynamics to refer the elevation differences caused by the flow within Earth's mantle. In geodynamics, dynamic topography refers to topography generated by the motion of zones of differing degrees of buoyancy (convection ... (Earth) [70%] 2023-12-29 [Oceanography]
18. Scalloped topography: Scalloped topography is common in the mid-latitudes of Mars, between 45° and 60° north and south. It is particularly prominent in the region of Utopia Planitia, in the northern hemisphere, and in the region of Peneus and Amphitrites Paterae ... (Depressions in topography at mid-latitudes of Mars) [70%] 2023-11-08 [Geology of Mars] [Surface features of Mars]...
19. Spur (topography): A spur is a lateral ridge or tongue of land descending from a hill, mountain or main crest of a ridge. It can also be defined as another hill or mountain range which projects in a lateral direction from a ... (Earth) [70%] 2023-11-29 [Landforms]
20. Corneal topography: Corneal topography, also known as photokeratoscopy or videokeratography, is a non-invasive medical imaging technique for mapping the anterior curvature of the cornea, the outer structure of the eye. Since the cornea is normally responsible for some 70% of the ... (Medicine) [70%] 2023-12-29 [Optometry] [Ophthalmology]...
21. Karst topography: Karst topography is a three-dimensional landscape shaped by the dissolution of a soluble layer or layers of bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite. These landscapes display distinctive surface features and underground drainages, and in some cases ... [70%] 2023-02-04
22. Nadir (topography): In topography, a nadir is a point on a surface that is lower in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a nadir is a local minimum of elevation. (Earth) [70%] 2023-10-08 [Cartography] [Geodesy]...
23. Deadwater (topography): A deadwater is that part of an estuary through which there is little to no water flow. In situations where a river flow is weaker than the marine processes that build sand dunes, the river may be obstructed from flowing ... (Topography) [70%] 2024-05-21 [Estuaries]
24. Fall line (topography): A fall line refers to the line down a mountain or hill which is most directly downhill; that is, the direction a ball or other body would accelerate if it were free to move on the slope under gravity. Mathematically ... (Earth) [57%] 2023-11-09 [Topography]
25. Ocean surface topography: Ocean surface topography or sea surface topography, also called ocean dynamic topography, are highs and lows on the ocean surface, similar to the hills and valleys of Earth's land surface depicted on a topographic map. These variations are expressed ... (Earth) [57%] 2023-12-27 [Climatology] [Physical oceanography]...
26. Steady state topography: In neuroimaging, steady state topography (SST) is a methodology for observing and measuring human brain activity that was first described by Richard Silberstein and co-workers in 1990. While SST has been principally used as a cognitive neuroscience research methodology ... (Method for studying brain activity) [57%] 2024-01-01 [Computational neuroscience]
27. Basin and range topography: Basin and range topography is characterized by alternating parallel mountain ranges and valleys. It is a result of crustal extension due to mantle upwelling, gravitational collapse, crustal thickening, or relaxation of confining stresses. (Earth) [50%] 2022-11-07 [Landforms] [Structural geology]...
28. Pit-and-mound topography: Pit and mounds are small, persistent microtopographical features that present themselves after a disturbance event occurs and uproots trees via windthrow. The uprooted tree falls, and a pit forms in the forest floor where the root mass and associated soil ... (Earth) [50%] 2024-03-29 [Forest ecology] [Topography]...
29. Glossary of mammalian dental topography: Many different terms have been proposed for features of the tooth crown in mammals. The structures within the molars receive different names according to their position and morphology. (none) [44%] 2023-08-16 [Glossaries of zoology] [Mammal anatomy]...