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• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)  , in its widest sense that See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the globe which consists of See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt See also:

• WATER

water, in distinction from dry See also:

• LAND

land . The greater divisions of " the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea," in this sense, are called oceans, and are dealt with under the heading OCEAN AND OCEANOGRAPHY, the latter being the See also:

• TERM

term now generally applied to the scientific study of the sea . The word " sea," however, is also used, in a restricted sense, in application to specific parts of the See also:

• GREAT

great oceans, more or less clearly defined by a partial land-boundary . Such are the Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean Sea, connected with the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean; the Arabian Sea, a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Ocean, and the See also:

• CHINA

China and See also:

• JAPAN

Japan Seas of the western Pacific Ocean . Subdivisions of great seas are similarly defined (e.g. the Adriatic Sea), and a few large bodies of salt water entirely land-locked are also called seas—e.g. the See also:

• CASPIAN

Caspian Sea, the Sea of See also:

• ARAL

Aral, the Dead Sea . Sea-level is the assumed mean level of the sea, serving as a datum from which to calculate the See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of land in See also:

• SURVEYING

surveying (q.v.) .