Swathe
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A swathe (/sweɪð/ British English, rhymes with "bathe"; or swath /swɒ
The scythe has generally been replaced by machinery, such as a mechanical swather or a combine harvester, which cut much wider swathes while forming windrows. Early in the introduction of machinery, when horses or tractors had to precede a towed cutter, it was still necessary for mowers with scythes to open up a swathe wide enough to take the machine before it could start.[2][1]
Swathe width may also refer to the width of any repetitively cut, scanned or sampled strip such as in aerial mapping, lidar, radar or sonar scans or multibeam echosounder bathymetric surveys collected by a moving satellite, aircraft or ship.[3][4]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Gardner, Harvey R. (1981-05-01). "How to Use a Scythe". Mother Earth News.
- ^ a b The Scything Handbook. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
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ignored (help) - ^ Bathymetric map of the Chukchi Sea (Report). US Geological Survey. 1984. doi:10.3133/i1182d.
- ^ "SMAP Animation - Gathering Data". SMAP. Retrieved 2023-07-26.