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Aqua sox
Aqua sox are lightweight, slip-on shoes with non marring soles. The soles are usually white. They are usually sold for wearing when swimming and are often for sale seasonally. Aqua sox are used to cross easily marred surfaces such as flowstone where wearing heavy, soiled boots may mark the surface.
It is customary to change into aqua sox before crossing a delicate surface and change back to boots at the other side to avoid dirtying the aqua sox making them unuseable elsewhere without cleaning.
Fractal
Fractal refers to a network of branching shapes similar to a tree, bush or fern.
Phreatic
Phreatic refers to being below the water table.
Rescue litter
A rescue litter (sometimes called a stretcher) is a device designed to transport a patient in a rescue situation. Caves and other small spaces make transporting an incapacitated patient problematic. A rigid litter is preferred if the situation allows; but, it may be too large or unyielding. In such cases a sked may be used instead.
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Rhombohedron
A rhombohedron is a 3-dimensional shape with flat faces and straight edges. Each of the faces is a rhomus -- that is, a four-sided figure with opposite sides parallel but not necessarily a square or rectangle as the angles need not be right angles.
Scalenohedral
A scalenohedron is a 3-dimensional shape with flat faces and straight edges. Each of the faces is a scalene triangle -- that is, all sides of the triangle are different lengths.
Sked
A sked is a type of portable, rescue litter or stretcher. It is basically a large piece of stiff plastic with webbing and other accessories making it suitable for confined space rescues. It is manufactured and marketed by Skedco hence the name.
The sked rolls into a transportable form and when in use, the patient is packaged into it like a taco. It is not entirely rigid and the patient can often feel rocks and other irregularities under their back; but, the fact that it rolls up makes it able to be taken into spaces which would be impossible for a more rigid litter.
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Vadose
Vadose refers to being above the water table.
Vug
A vug is a cavity in the bedrock. The term usually refers to spaces that are small to medium size -- that is, too small to enter, otherwise, it would be a lead.
