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significant wave heights

significant wave heights is the plural of significant wave height.

Meaning of significant wave height

Noun

significant wave height (plural significant wave heights)

  1. (oceanographics) A standardized measure of trough-to-crest wave height calculated for the needs of seafarers; exact mathematical definition has varied over time and currently it is defined as four times the standard deviation of the surface elevation.

Questions about significant wave heights

What is significant wave heights the plural of?
Significant wave heights is the plural of significant wave height.

Words near significant wave heights in the dictionary

  1. significant figures
  2. significant other
  3. significant othered
  4. significant others
  5. significant wave height
  6. significant wave heights
  7. significant-othered
  8. significantly
  9. significantly othered
  10. significantness
  11. significants

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