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Shipmast

English translation: See references for explanation

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English term or phrase:Shipmast
Selected answer:See references for explanation
Entered by: Phong Le

02:51 Jul 11, 2017
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Shipmast
abc™ has been deployed to protect the flight paths at PARIS International Airport. Its variant, the SHDS (Shipmast Height Detection System) has been deployed to protect the cable car installation to Thom Island in Phu Quoc.
Phong Le
Vietnam
Local time: 23:20
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Explanation:

Per references.

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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 11:20
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shipmast
See references for explanation


Explanation:

Per references.

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Note added at 5 days (2017-07-16 14:15:23 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 11:20
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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36 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Refs.

Reference information:
It is the name of a system which uses the height of a ship's mast, among other factors.

Shipmast Height Detection System (SHDS)
http://www.thestratechgroup.com/iv_vhss.asp
SHDS provides automated surveillance and height detection of vessels entering waterways. It employs an innovative combination of laser technology for measurement and intelligent vision for visual verification to provide continuous measurement and computation of vessel or shipmast height. SHDS ensures that the ship height regulations set by the authorities are adhered to, safeguarding structures suspended over the waterways, for example, cable cars and bridges etc.

https://www.google.com.jm/search?q="Ship mast"&rlz=1C1TSNP_e...

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  JohnMcDove: Given that this is English to English, can you provide it as an answer? :-)
1 hr
  -> Thanks John.
agree  Jack Doughty
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Jack.
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