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n: 1. the name given to the east-west lines of the rectangular survey system. Compare township. 2. in oceanography, the difference in height between consecutive high and low tides. 3. the region between the limits within which a quantity is measured, received, or transmitted, expressed by stating the lower and upper range values.

n: the method of measuring land adopted by the United States in 1785. Under this system, land is measured in squares called congressional townships, which are approximately 6 miles (9.6 kilometres) wide and approximately 6 miles long. The squares are marked off by means of parallel north-south lines called township lines and parallel east-west lines called range lines.

n: 1. a unit of land measurement in the rectangular survey system. Each 6-mile (9.7-kilometre) square, or township, is divided into 36 sections. A section usually is 1 square mile (2,590 square kilometres),or 640 acres (256 hectares). It may be larger or smaller, depending on its position in the township. 2. vertically arrayed data.

n: see city gate station. township n: 1. the north-south lines of the rectangular survey system. 2. the square, 6 miles on each side, that is the major unit of land in the rectangular survey scheme of measurement. Compare range.

36 sections of land, usually laid out as a square. Along with the section number and the Range, the Township is a way of describing the location of a well.

n: a north-south line of the rectangular survey system.

abbr: township;used in drilling reports.