Definition of littoral
:of, relating to, or situated or growing on or near a shore especially of the sea
- littoral waters
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Examples of littoral in a Sentence
littoral warfare includes amphibious landings
Recent Examples of littoral from the Web
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After a brief tour of the littoral combat ship Gabrielle Giffords alongside its skipper, Cmdr.
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Weapons procurement is a top priority, including two additional littoral combat ships above Trump’s request and 14 unrequested next-generation F-35 fighters.
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Weapons procurement is a top priority, including two additional littoral combat ships above Trump's request and 14 unrequested next-generation F-35 fighters.
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The Navy’s newest littoral combat ship, the Gabrielle Giffords, is slated to open its hatches to the public this weekend — with a few rules to keep visitors safe.
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U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne called out U.S. Sen. Luther Strange on Monday, seeking to ensure that three littoral combat ships are fully funded in the Senate's version of the national defense budget for 2018.
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But Trump's budget, introduced earlier this year, added only nine new ships, one being a littoral combat ship - the vessel that is constructed in Mobile's Austal shipyard.
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Other GAO studies have criticized the Navy’s littoral combat ships, built in Marinette and in Mobile, Ala., for cost overruns, design and ship performance problems.
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The littoral combat ship, armed with missiles, machine guns and fast-firing weapons, is the sort that has come under congressional scrutiny for its expense.
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You're most likely to encounter littoral in contexts relating to the military and marine sciences. A littoral combat ship is a fast and easily maneuverable combat ship built for use in coastal waters. And in marine ecology, the littoral zone is a coastal zone characterized by abundant dissolved oxygen, sunlight, nutrients, and generally high wave energies and water motion. Littoral can also be found as a noun referring to a coastal region or, more technically, to the shore zone between the high tide and low tide points. The adjective is the older of the two, dating from the mid-17th century; the noun dates from the early 19th century. The word comes to English from Latin litoralis, itself from litor- or litus, meaning "seashore."
Origin and Etymology of littoral
Latin litoralis, from litor-, litus seashore
Recent Examples of littoral from the Web
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The USS Jackson, a littoral, or shallow-water, combat ship, traveled from Astoria to Portland on Thursday, arriving in downtown Portland for Fleet Week.
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Specifically, at a time when military strategists assessed that the greatest threats to Chinese security were coming from the sea off China’s littorals, the PLA was still dominated institutionally and doctrinally by the ground forces.
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