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 act of thinking; consideration (of something).
To ponder, to go over in one's head.
To guess; to reckon.
To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
To presume; to venture.
To seem, to appear.
To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).