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Face Progression: The distance from the center of the shaft or hosel to the blade, or leading edge, of the club face

Sanding Surfaces: A heavily pigmented finishing material used for building the surface to a smooth condition. It is sanded after drying.

Respiratory Surface: A thin, moist, epithelial surface that oxygen can cross to move into the body and carbon dioxide can cross to move out of the body.

Refinish or Resurface: To sand and/or polish a ball that is heavily tracked in an attempt to restore the out-of-box finish.

Progressions: The general term applied to any method of advancing the planets and house cusps of a natal horoscope to a particular time after birth.

Sea Surface Temperature (SST): The temperature of the water's surface. It is measured using buoy and ship data, infrared satellite imagery, and coastal observations.

Seismic Surface Wave: A seismic wave that follows the earth's surface only, with a speed less than that of S-waves. There are Raleigh waves (forward and vertical vibrations) and Love waves (transverse vibrations).

Secondary Progressions, Secondary Directions: The method of progressing a natal horoscope in which each day after birth is equated to a corresponding number of years after birth; commonly referred to as 'day for a year' progressions.

Secondary Progressions: See 'Progressions.'

Progression: An appraisal principle that states that, between dissimilar properties, the value of the lesser-quality property is favorably affected by the presence of the better-quality property.