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Definition: Sea Breeze |
Sea BreezeNoun1. A cooling breeze from the sea (during the daytime). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Geography | Wind of coastal regions, blowing by day from a large water surface. . . towards the land as a result of diurnal heating of the land surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
Science | Local coastal wind that blows from the ocean to land. Sea breezes usually occur during the day, because the heating differences of land and sea cause pressure differences. Cooler, heavier air from the sea moves in to replace rising warm air on the coastline. See land breeze. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Sea Breeze is a town located in New Hanover County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,312.Geography
Sea Breeze is located at 34°3'49" North, 77°53'55" West (34.063540, -77.898722)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.2 km² (1.6 mi²). 4.2 km² (1.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,312 people, 546 households, and 407 families residing in the town. The population density is 310.8/km² (806.0/mi²). There are 643 housing units at an average density of 152.3/km² (395.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 81.94% White, 15.85% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.23% from other races, and 0.99% from two or more races. 1.52% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 546 households out of which 23.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.0% are married couples living together, 6.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% are non-families. 19.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.40 and the average family size is 2.74. In the town the population is spread out with 18.4% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 34.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 46 years. For every 100 females there are 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.7 males. The median income for a household in the town is $41,836, and the median income for a family is $46,023. Males have a median income of $32,120 versus $26,029 for females. The per capita income for the town is $21,608. 14.1% of the population and 13.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 29.3% are under the age of 18 and 14.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sea Breeze, North Carolina."
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Screenplays | He's violating Sea Breeze! (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Looking through a cannon port towards the azure waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico. These openings also served as air conditioning and let the sea breeze through. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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Economic History | Somalia | The southwest monsoon, a sea breeze, makes the period from about May to October the mildest season at Mogadishu. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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sea breeze hotel | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "sea breeze"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | erë deti. (various references) | |
Arabic | نسيم البحر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вятър откъм морето, бриз (breeze). (various references) | |
Czech | mořský vánek. (various references) | |
Danish | soebrise. (various references) | |
Dutch | zeewind, oplandige wind. (various references) | |
Finnish | merituuli. (various references) | |
French | brise de mer. (various references) | |
German | Seewind. (various references) | |
Greek | μπάτης, θαλάσσια αύρα (marine air), θαλασσινή αύρα. (various references) | |
Hungarian | parti szél (land breeze, land-wind, offshore wind). (various references) | |
Italian | brezza di mare. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 潮風 (salt air), 浜風 (beach wind), 海風 , 浦風 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しおかぜ (salt air), うらかぜ, うみかぜ, かいふう (breaking the seal, unsealed letter), はまかぜ (beach wind). (various references) | |
Manx | geay varrey (sea wind), fynneraght varrey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | easay eezebray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | brisa de mar(marítima). (various references) | |
Russian | ветер с моря (sea-breeze), морской бриз (sea-breeze). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | povetarac (breeze). (various references) | |
Spanish | brisa marina, brisa de lago. (various references) | |
Swedish | sjöbris. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | gió nhẹ ở biển. (various references) | |
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"Sea Breeze" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: seabreeze. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-e-e-r-s-z" | |
-2 letters: beezers, breezes. | |
-3 letters: beezer, brazes, breeze, razees, zebras. | |
-4 letters: bares, baser, bears, beers, braes, braze, brees, erase, razee, razes, resee, saber, sabre, saree, zebra. | |
-5 letters: arbs, ares, arse, bare, bars, base, bear, beer, bees, brae, bras, bree, ears, ease, eras, rase, raze, rebs, rees, sabe, sear, seer, sera, sere, zees. | |
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