EbS
- noun
- Archaic
- The navigational chart indicated that the ship had to adjust its course to EbS to reach the island accurately.
Examples
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The lighthouse's light was positioned at EbS, guiding sailors safely through the reefs.
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When setting up the new telescope, the astronomer pointed it EbS to observe the rising star.
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Such equipment is now used on a routine basis during EBS bottom trawl surveys (Rose and Walters, 1990).
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In the EBS, schools of juvenile fish are generally spatially separate from schools of adults, so that the effects of selectivity may be less severe in this context.
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Because the general objective of this contribution is to discuss the methodology for overall pollock assessment in the EBS, this section will concentrate on the types of information produced during the triennial surveys.
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The demersal component of the stock is assessed annually during a multi-species bottom trawl survey of the EBS shelf.
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Since these surveys have been conducted over relatively short time periods, when EBS pollock are believed to be in a nonmigratory feeding mode, horizontal migrations are not considered to be a serious source of bias.
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Based on depth readings from the trawl mensuration equipment, trawl settling time was considered insignificant at depths encountered on the EBS shelf.
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In general, during the EBS surveys, most ambient or reverberatory sources of noise were eliminated or reduced to an insignificant level by setting an appropriate signal threshold and eliminating data from nontarget species during data processing.
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Assessment of demersal pollock on the EBS shelf and slope is conducted within the broader objectives of a multi-species bottom trawl survey designed to assess the condition of stocks of several species.
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Synonyms
A compass direction just south of east
Surface Forms
Etymology
EbS comes from the phrase east by south, where east means 'toward the right on a map', by means 'near' or 'toward', and south means 'down on a map'. Sailors used this short form for the compass point one point 11°15' south of due east, so EbS simply tells you to head a little bit south of east.