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SURVEY MARK

Specialty Definition: SURVEY MARK

Domain	Definition
Transportation	A mark placed on the coast to assit coastal navigation. Particularly used with reference to marks placed on a long straight coast-line devoid of many natural landmarks. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: SURVEY MARK

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Northwest Coast Indians deep-sixing bottle used as survey mark Bottle set by party of George Davidson in 1852 Smallpox came after surveyors left Indians felt bottle had evil spirits, dug up, and threw away. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Modern Translation: SURVEY MARK

Language		Translations for "SURVEY MARK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		kystmærke (coastal aid, coastal mark). (various references)

Dutch		merk om af te bakenen (coastal aid, coastal mark). (various references)

French		marque de jalonnement. (various references)

German		Ufermarke (coastal aid, coastal mark), Kuestenmarke (coastal aid, coastal mark). (various references)

Greek		παράκτια σήμανση (coastal aid, coastal mark), παράκτια μάρκα (coastal aid, coastal mark), παράκτιο σημείο σημάνσεως (coastal aid, coastal mark). (various references)

Italian		segnale di allineamento (coastal aid, coastal mark, frame adjustment signal, frame alignment signal, frame synchronisation signal, frame synchronization signal, framing signal). (various references)

Pig Latin		urveysay arkmay

Spanish		señal de jalanamiento (coastal aid, coastal mark), marca costera (coastal aid, coastal mark). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: SURVEY MARK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-k-m-r-r-s-u-v-y"
	-3 letters: armures, markers, murreys, remarks.
	-4 letters: amuser, armers, armure, makers, marker, masker, mauves, murker, murras, murres, murrey, rakers, rasure, ravers, rearms, remark, skerry, smeary, suaver, surrey, survey, urares.
	-5 letters: amuse, armer, arums, asker, aures, avers, eskar, eyras, kames, kaury, kerry, kumys, kyars, maker, makes, mares, marks, marry, marse, marvy, maser, mauve, merks, merry, muras.
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INDEX

1. Images: Photo Album
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography

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