in biology, the unit of structure and function of which all plants and animals are composed. The cell is the smallest unit in the living organism that is capable of integrating the essential life processes.he size of the nucleolus is a function chiefly of the cellâs ribosome requirement; the nucleolus is, therefore, especially large in a cell that intensively synthesizes proteins. Protein synthesis, the end result of chromosome function, occurs mainly in the cytoplasm.
In physical oceanography, the significant wave height (SWH or H s) is defined traditionally as the mean wave height (trough to crest) of the highest third of the waves (H 1/3).
Some sailors have reported 40 feet (35 feet according to acc â¦ ounts FROM the S.S. Authur M. Anderson) the night the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank. The significant wave height is the average height of the highest one third of waves observed, and is the figure quoted by meteorologists when they report wave heights. The maximum wave height, according to most experts, can be up to 1.8 times (some say 2x) the significant wave height. A rogue wave is defined as a wave that exceeds twice the significant wave height. Recent research has shown that rogue waves, at least in the open ocean, are more common than previously believed.