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- noun The act of
detraining - noun meteorology The
diffusion ofair from an organizedcurrent into the generalatmosphere
Etymologies
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Examples
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A number of possible interpretations of this result are examined and a plausible one is found to be that cirrus detrainment from cumulus convection diminishes with increasing temperature.
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And near the end of the paper, Lin and others fail to distinguish changes in cloud cover because of increased or decreased cumulus convection from changes that are a result of increased or decreased detrainment from cumulus towers.
HAnsen and Schmidt: Predicting the Past – Continued « Climate Audit 2006
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He therefore decided to push Hoth forward the moment the detrainment of the 57th Panzer Corps was completed.
Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965
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The station yard was ill-suited to a rapid detrainment, there being few ramps or sidings, and despite the impatience of Bennett, a Divisional
The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Geoffrey Keith Rose
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March to Hazebrouck to cover detrainment of 4th Division. 16th
A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 Thomas Owen Marden
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As soon as the detrainment was completed, we proceeded on board the
The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman
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On the 12th October the Division marched to Hazebrouck, where it covered the detrainment of the 4th Division and came into touch with the enemy.
A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 Thomas Owen Marden
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On the 29th it nearly completed its detrainment, and the French Sixth Army got into position on my left, its right resting on Roye.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various
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The Fourth Division commenced its detrainment at Le Cateau on Sunday, the 23d, and by the morning of the 25th eleven battalions and a brigade of artillery with divisional staff were available for service.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various
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At length the railhead is reached -- from here the rumble of the guns can be heard -- and the detrainment takes place.
Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France Vernon Bartlett 1938
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