Docking Station: Equipment that allows a laptop or notebook computer to use peripherals and accessories normally associated with desktop systems without the hassle of plugging and unplugging each device.

 

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Docking Station: Equipment that allows a laptop or notebook computer to use peripherals and accessories normally associated with desktop systems without the hassle of plugging and unplugging each device.

Station Pressure: The atmospheric pressure with respect to the station elevation.

Stationary Bike: A cardiovascular machine that comes in two styles upright bikes and recumbent bikes.

Stationary Front: A front which is nearly stationary or moves very little since the last synoptic position. May be known as a quasi-stationary front.

Stationary Phase: A stationary phase is a substance that shows different affinities for different components in a sample mixture in a separation of the mixture by chromatography. The mobile phase (a solution . . . View Full Definition

Station Elevation: The vertical distance above mean sea level that is the reference level for all current measurements of atmospheric pressure at that station.

Station: A planet is said to 'make a station' at the degree it occupies when it appears motionless as its direction changes from direct to retrograde or vise versa.

Reference Station: A tide or current station for which independent daily predictions are given in the 'Tide Tables' and 'Tidal Current Tables,' and from which corresponding predictions are obtained for subordi . . . View Full Definition

Satellite Station: A station that has agreed to rebroadcast the transmission of another station (generally operating in a larger nearby market) to an area that cannot otherwise be served by that station.

Secondary Control Tide Station: A tide station at which continuous observations have been made over a minimum period of 1 year but less than 19 years. The series is reduced by comparison with simultaneous observations from . . . View Full Definition