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单词 mareograph
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mareographn.

Brit. /ˈmarɪə(ʊ)ɡrɑːf/, /ˈmarɪə(ʊ)ɡraf/, U.S. /ˈmɛriəˌɡræf/, /ˈmɛrioʊˌɡræf/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: Latin mare , -o- connective, -graph comb. form.
Etymology: < classical Latin mare (see mare n.4) + -o- connective + -graph comb. form, either as a re-formation of earlier marigraph n., or independently after a foreign form; compare French maréographe (1845), marégraphe (1867), Swedish mariograf (1890 in form mareograf), Spanish mareógrafo (1910 in form maregrafo), Italian mareografo (1913).
An instrument for automatically recording the rise and fall of the tide or the height of waves over a period of time; a tide-gauge. Also called marigraph.
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1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Mareograph, an instrument that automatically and continuously records the tidal changes in the level of the sea at any point; a recording tide-gage.
1941 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 53 726 In using the data from mareographs, two major questions arise: What is the minimum number of yearly means needed to furnish useful results, and how are they to be combined?
1964 Fennia 89 i. 15 The main part of the network..consists of 18 closed loops, as well as branch lines to the twelve mareographs on the coast and three other branch lines.
1998 Tectonophysics 294 305 Comparison with both modelling results and evidence from mareograph and precise levelling shows high rates of vertical surface displacement from GPS measurements in the centre of the Pleistocene glaciation region.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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