A strait that runs between Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia.

Britain's highest gallantry award for civilians and military personnel for actions which are not in the face of the enemy. / Australia's 2nd highest military award (no longer awarded)

An instrument used for geobarometry.

plural of geobarometer

(mathematics) A mean of two numbers which is the common limit of a pair of sequences, whose terms are defined by taking the arithmetic and geometric means of the previous pair of terms.

(mathematics, physics) A version of C*-algebra which does away with commutativity, and the geometry which would be generated by/associated with such a modified algebra.

(archaic, derogatory) moral transgression and independence among women

A measure of five feet.

Sillaginodes punctatus, a coastal marine fish.

A portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles.