From Coastal Wiki. To ensure sound communication it is important to define the coastal terms used in coastal engineering and shoreline management. Therefore, definitions of terms for coastal features, processes and management issues are given in the following, see also the coastal profile below.Fig.OAST EROSION. Erosion in the coastal profile. This is taking place in the form of scouring in the foot of the cliffs or in the foot of the dunes. Coast erosion takes place mainly during strong winds, high waves and high tides and storm surge conditions.
It's not easy to express such an answer to the question how long is a piece of string as a direct word-based answer, but a good approximation would be: the length of a piece of string is usually about 4ft +/- 3ft.
: Intrinsically a piece of string has length but that length is unknown hence the. : the phrase 'how long is a piece of string' means that the quantitative answer is not known and there is an implicate understanding that the answer will be difficult to find given the information available.e: Meaning of the phrase How long is a piece of string?. Posted by Bob on July 26, 2000. In Reply to: Re: Meaning of the phrase How long is a piece of string? posted by Barney on July 24, 2000.