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.
A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
A push or thrust, as with the elbow.
A hump; a protuberance.
A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
To raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).
To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.
To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).
To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.
To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.
To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.