horizontal equivalent


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horizontal equivalent

The horizontal distance on the earth's surface between successive contours. The height interval between the successive contours is known as a vertical interval . For a given vertical interval, the smaller the horizontal equivalent, the steeper is the average slope.
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It indicates that the error between corrected value and measured value is smaller than that of standard calculated value, whether compression stiffness or horizontal equivalent stiffness.
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