An ordinary sea wave is rarely more than a few hundred feet long from crest to crest -- no longer than 320 feet in the Atlantic or 1,000 feet in the Pacific.

Their amplitude sometimes is as little as two feet from trough to crest.

Ulyate and Kearton climbed on toward the sound of the barking of the dogs and the sporadic roaring of the lion, till they came, out of breath, to the crest, and peering through the branches of a bush, this is what Ulyate saw: Jones who had apparently ( and actually had ) ridden up the nearly impassable hillside, sitting calmly on his horse within forty feet of a full-grown young lioness, who was crouched on a flat rock and seemed just about to charge him, while the dogs whirled around her.

Athena's Helmet is the central feature on the United States Military Academy crest.

The smooth muscle of the great arteries and the population of cells that form the aorticopulmonary septum that separates the aorta and pulmonary artery is derived from cardiac neural crest.

This contribution of the neural crest to the great artery smooth muscle is unusual as most smooth muscle is derived from mesoderm.

It is the 1924 tour that is credited as being the first in which the team were referred to as " the Lions ", the irony being that it was on this tour that the single lion-rampant crest was replaced with the forerunner of the four-quartered badge with the symbols of the four represented unions, that is still worn today.

Although the butterfly effect may appear to be an esoteric and unlikely behavior, it is exhibited by very simple systems: for example, a ball placed at the crest of a hill may roll into any of several valleys depending on, among other things, slight differences in initial position.

In comparing the skulls of carnivores and herbivores, it can be seen that the shearing force of the temporalis is somewhat more important to carnivores, which have more room on the braincase ( this is not unrelated to carnivoran intelligence ) and commonly develop a sagittal crest ( running from posterior to anterior on the skull ), providing yet additional room for temporalis attachment.

" The swords and stars refer to the former general's career, as does the crest, which is the badge of the 101st Airborne ( which he served as a brigade commander in the mid-1970s ).

The current crest, featuring a ceremonial lion rampant regardant holding a staff, is a modification of the one introduced in the early 1950s.

A " Cowboys " chest crest is directly under the NFL shield.

In the center is a crest containing the Old Avery Oak.

When the source of the waves is moving toward the observer, each successive wave crest is emitted from a position closer to the observer than the previous wave.

They also contribute to the desired effect of converting the ( kinetic energy ) push of the sloped wave face combined with the rider's mass on the sloped wave face ( potential energy ) into redirected energy-lift ( lift ( physics ))-the surfer deflects his surfboard and fins off the water of the wave face ( and / or vice-versa ) to make forward progress across the wave face, or " down the line ," that is, parallel to the wave crest and beach-riding parallel to the crest ( perpendicular to the pull of gravity down the wave's slope ) in this way is known as " trimming.

In English the word " crest " is commonly ( but erroneously ) used to refer to an entire heraldic achievement of armorial bearings.

The crest was a demi-lion ( the upper half of a rampant lion ) holding the British Union Flag, and the scroll at the shield's base featured the then motto of the country, " Onward ".

:" This phrase owes its origin to the unhappy attempts of a sign painter of that country to represent a lion rampant, which was the crest of an influential family, on the sign-boards of many of the inns.

Although not represented in the form of a flag, the No. 602 ( City of Glasgow ) Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force uses the Saltire surmounted by a lion rampant as the device shown on the squadron crest.

The East of Scotland Universities Air Squadron crest features a Saltire surmounted by an open book ; the book itself being supported by red lions rampant.

Some have said that the name Biddulph is a corruption of the Saxon Bidulfe, signifying Wolf Slayer, and as a result the Biddulph family crest is a wolf rampant.

During his time at the club he was noted for his organisational skills and ambition, and was responsible for adopting the lion rampant depicted on the Royal Standard of Scotland, as the club's crest.

The House Shield is a derivative of the ancient Leverett family crest depicting three hares rampant with an inverted chevron.

In the centre of a wreath of thistle and maple leaves, the crest of Viscount Peel ( on a wreath of the colours argent and azure, a demi lion rampant argent, gorged with a collar azure charged with three bezants, and holding between the paws a shuttle or ) resting on a scroll bearing the motto AIR SON AR DUTHCHAIS and ensigned by the Crown ; below the wreath, a scroll inscribed with the designation THE LORNE SCOTS ( PEEL DUFFERIN AND HALTON REGT ).

The Coat of Arms of the Royal Society, is " in a dexter corner of a shield argent our three Lions of England, and for crest a helm adorned with a crown studded with florets, surmounted by an eagle of proper colour holding in one foot a shield charged with our lions: supporters two white hounds gorged with crowns ", with the motto of " nullius in verba ".

The Knights of Glin bear as supporters two griffins collared and chained, and have a second crest: a castle with two towers, issuant from the sinister tower a knight in armor holding in the dexter hand a key proper.

As they charged up the steep slopes towards the Parliamentarian position on the crest, Hopton's cavalry suffered badly, and many panicked.

The Fraternity insignia, coat of Arms or crest, consists of a blazon composed of an Or ( gold ) Shield, Gules Chevron lowered a third charged with six argent stars, three dexter, three sinister.

' Argent a woolpack encircled by two branches of the cotton tree flowered and conjoint proper ; a bordure sable charged with eight martlets of the field ; and for a crest on a wreath of the colours a mill-rind sable and above a fleece argent banded or.

Blazon: Flanking the crest two banners, the staffs Light Brown with Silver finials and ferrules passing behind the shield and extending below the motto scroll, the dexter banner Or bordered compony of the like and Azure, charged with a mullet of the last voided Argent, the sinister banner Or bordered compony of the like and Gules, charged with a Tudor Rose barb and seeded Vert.

He is charged with bringing back Birdman's crest from his helmet as proof of his accomplishment.

: On a tilting helm a Demi-Horse Sable unguled Or charged on the shoulder with an Actor ’ s Mask Or, a mantling Sable and Or issuant from the crest and being missing.

The term charge can also be used as a verb ; for example, if an escutcheon bears three lions, then it is said to be charged with three lions ; similarly, a crest or even a charge itself may be " charged ", such as a pair of eagle wings charged with trefoils ( e. g. Coat of arms of Brandenburg ).

For a crest, a panache of peacock plumes, all proper, charged with the arms of the shield.

Out of a crest coronet a panache of peacock plumes proper, charged with the arms in fess.

Gordon's troops charged through the Union lines and took the ridge, but as they reached the crest they saw the entire Union XXIV Corps in line of battle with the Union V Corps to their right.

The crest is composed of a lion passant guardant on three mounds – the centre mound being charged with a pyramid.

The Regimental Badge or crest is laid out as follows: within a wreath of thistles and maple leaves, the figure of St Andrew with cross is shown standing on a mount charged with a plaque inscribed ADVANCE.

And for the crest on a wreath of the colours, A swan Argent wings endorsed charged on the body with a crescent as in the Arms.

When the team debuted in 1966, the Falcons wore red helmets with a black falcon crest logo.

The Cleveland Browns ' team colors were brown, orange and white, then they changed to white, black and orange, and their helmets were solid orange with a white dorsal stripe over the crest.

He removed the club's Chelsea pensioner crest, improved the youth set-up and training regime, rebuilt the side with shrewd signings from the lower divisions and amateur leagues, and led Chelsea to their first major trophy success – the League championship – in 1954 – 55.

In most heraldic traditions, a woman does not display a crest, though this tradition is being relaxed in some heraldic jurisdictions, and the stall plate of Lady Marion Fraser in the Thistle Chapel in St Giles, Edinburgh, shows her coat on a lozenge but with helmet, crest, and motto.

The Sovereign's Orb similarly has a band of jewels running along the centre, and a half-band on the top hemisphere, with a cruciform at the crest.

But even though it does not have an encircling reef crest, the reef crest on the northwest portion of the atoll does provide for a shallow lagoon, with depths ranging from.

A Jain swastika is normally associated with the three dots on the top accompanied with a crest and a dot.

The eastern border with Vietnam extends for 2, 130 kilometers, mostly along the crest of the Annamite Chain, and serves as a physical barrier between the Chinese-influenced culture of Vietnam and the Indianized states of Laos and Thailand.

In accordance with the university by-law, the crest continues to be used for formal purposes and is displayed on university testamurs.

* Minerva is the goddess of Kappa Kappa Gamma and can be seen, with her owl, on their crest.

Both uniforms will feature the " Mets " script, player numerals and names in blue outlined in orange, and both be worn only with the team's traditional blue cap with orange crest ( although the orange button on top of the cap has been retained ), blue undersleeves, belts and socks.

The Mets will keep a black jersey in their rotation for one more season, along with the solid black cap with blue / white / orange logo crest ; the two-tone black cap with blue bill and blue / orange crest has been eliminated.