A premise from which conclusions are drawn.
A floating reference point, or SLDMB, used to evaluate surface currents in a body of water. Often employed by coastal search and rescue.
A fixed reference point or set of reference points which precisely define a system of measurement or a coordinate system.
A fact known from direct observation.
To provide missing data points by using a mathematical model to extrapolate values that are outside the range of a measuring device.
An extensive commentary on some text.
A surface shine or luster.
A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.
An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law.
A glossary; a collection of such notes.
To give a gloss or sheen to.
To make (something) attractive by deception
Used in a phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat something with less care than it deserves”).
To add a gloss to (a text).
To become shiny.