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E
Word

-> "Mot"
Symbol
Unity
Definition
Ebb tide

-> "Marée descendante"


See "Tidal wave", "Tide periodicity", "Low water".
Energy loss

-> "Perte d' énergie"


See "Bottom friction", "Breaking wave", "Viscosity", "Wave-current interaction".
Energy spectrum

-> "Spectre d' énergie"


A statistical representation of the wave energy as a function of the wave frequency. It is an empirical estimator of the spectral function.
See also "One-dimensional spectrum", "Directional spectral density function".
Event

-> "Evènement"


See "Sea state".
Extreme value theory

-> "Théorie des valeurs extrêmes"


Theory that tries to predict long term maxima using shorter term data sets.



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