drying height

noun

On a chart, the vertical distance of the seabed exposed by the tide at the lowest astronomical tide.

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Meanings

noundrying height (plural drying heights)

plural drying heights

  1. nauticalOn a chart, the vertical distance of the seabed exposed by the tide at the lowest astronomical tide.
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