Wave shoaling is the process when surface waves move towards shallow water, such as a beach, they slow down, their wave height increases and the distance between waves decreases. This behavior is called shoaling, and the waves are said to shoal.n a nautical sense, a bar is a shoal, similar to a reef: a shallow formation of (usually) sand that is a navigation or grounding hazard, with a depth of water of 6 fathoms (11 metres) or less. It therefore applies to a silt accumulation that shallows the entrance to or course of a river, or creek.
Phosphorus (P) Phosphorus (P), phosphorusnonmetallic chemical element of the nitrogen family (Group 15 [Va] of the periodic table) that at room temperature is a colourless, semitransparent, soft, waxy solid that glows in the dark.
The point of this post is that phosphorus is the noun and phosphorous is its corresponding adjective. The adjective is often used in place of the nounâfor example: The less polluting pig, called the âenviropig,â has a gene that allows it to better digest phosphorous in its food.