Terrain (disambiguation)
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Terrain may refer to:
- TerrainTerrainTerrain, or land relief, is the vertical and horizontal dimension of land surface. When relief is described underwater, the term bathymetry is used...
- Terrain (journal)Terrain (journal)Terrain is a French academic journal of ethnology, social and cultural anthropology . Each issue is entirely devoted to a specific theme...
, French academic publication - Terrain maskTerrain maskTerrain mask is a term used in both aviation and GPS equipment.A terrain mask refers to the natural curvature of the earth. It is important as a means of avoiding active radar by positioning the aircraft so there is natural earth hiding it from the radio waves sent from the radar system...
(and Terrain Masking), in aviation - Terrain parkTerrain parkA terrain park is an outdoor area that contains terrain that allows skiers and snowboarders to perform tricks. Terrain parks have their roots in skateparks and many of the features are common to both. One of the first in-bounds terrain parks was the "Snowboard Park" built in 1990 at the Vail...
, an outdoor area that contains terrain that allows snowboarders and skiers to do tricks - Terrain renderingTerrain renderingTerrain rendering covers a variety of methods of depicting real-world or imaginary world surfaces. Most common terrain rendering is the depiction of Earth's surface.It is used in various applications to give an observer a frame of reference...
, in computer graphics - Chaos terrainChaos terrainChaos terrain is an astrogeological term used to denote planetary surface areas where features such as ridges, cracks, and plains appear jumbled and enmeshed with one another. Chaos terrain is a notable feature of the planet Mars and Jupiter's moon Europa...
, chaotic planetary geology
See also
- TerraneTerraneA terrane in geology is short-hand term for a tectonostratigraphic terrane, which is a fragment of crustal material formed on, or broken off from, one tectonic plate and accreted or "sutured" to crust lying on another plate...
a geologic term - John TerraineJohn TerraineJohn Alfred Terraine , though not permanently associated with any academic institution, was a leading British military historian...
(1921-2003), British writer and military historian