单词 | bathy- |
释义 | bathy-comb. form as in bathymetric adj.: ˌbathyaesˈthesia n. Brit. /ˌbaθɪəsˈθiːzɪə/ , /ˌbaθɪəsˈθiːʒə/ , U.S. /ˌbæθiəsˈθiʒ(i)ə/ , /ˌbæθiəsˈθiziə/ muscle sensation produced by muscular movement (Dorland, Med. Dict. 1901). ˈbathyal adj. Brit. /ˈbaθɪəl/ , U.S. /ˈbæθiəl/ [-al suffix1] pertaining to the zone between the continental shelf and the abyssal zone (see quots.).ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [adjective] > deep parts abyssopelagic1844 benthal1881 Bassalian1885 bathyal1926 psychrospheric1973 1926 W. H. Twenhofel Treat. Sedimentation vii. 612 The bathyal environment of the sea bottom is that portion between 100 and 1000 fathoms. 1926 W. H. Twenhofel Treat. Sedimentation vii. 613 The same processes noted in connection with the neritic environment are operative in the waters and sediments of the bathyal, but probably with less intensity. 1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. ii. xv. 314 The muds, etc., of the continental slope, and of similar depths around oceanic islands, belong to the bathyal zone; while the oozes of the deep ocean floor belong to the abyssal zone. 1961 J. Challinor Dict. Geol. 19/2 Bathyal, applied to the moderately deep seas beyond the continental shelf and down to an indefinite depth, various authorities taking 6,000 ft., 10,000 ft. &c., but approximately to the limit of the accumulation of the terrigenous deposits, beyond which are the abyssal depths. bathyˈcolpian adj. Brit. /ˌbaθᵻˈkɒlpɪən/ , U.S. /ˌbæθəˈkɑlpiən/ a more normal form of bathukolpian adj.ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > [adjective] > bosom gremiala1631 gremious1656 bathukolpian1825 bathycolpian1858 bathukolpic1872 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table iv. 79 The bathycolpian Here..sent down Iris. ˌbathylimˈnetic adj. Brit. /ˌbaθᵻlɪmˈnɛtɪk/ , U.S. /ˌbæθᵻˌlɪmˈnɛdɪk/ [Greek λίμνη pool] pertaining to or inhabiting the depths of freshwater lakes (Webster, Suppl. 1902). ˈbathylite n. Brit. /ˈbaθᵻlʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˈbæθəˌlaɪt/ [-lite comb. form1] = batholith n.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > intrusion > others laccolite1877 xenolith1894 bysmalith1898 stock1898 autolith1900 bathylite1902 phacolite1909 phacolith1910 cupola1911 lopolith1918 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 528/2 The Rocky Mountains..comprise, however, in their central parts..great masses of granite that have welled up as ‘bathylites’ along the axis of elevation. baˈthymeter n. Brit. /baˈθɪmᵻtə/ , U.S. /bæˈθɪmədər/ = bathometer n. (Cent. Dict. 1889). ˌbathyoroˈgraphic adj. Brit. /ˌbaθɪɒrəˈɡrafɪk/ , /ˌbaθɪɔːrəˈɡrafɪk/ , U.S. /ˌbæθiˌɔrəˈɡræfɪk/ applied to representations of the contours of the surface of the earth and of the sea-bed.ΚΠ 1938 Geogr. Jrnl. 91 475 A new bathy-orographic map of the sea. bathyoroˈgraphical adj. Brit. /ˌbaθɪɒrəˈɡrafᵻkl/ , /ˌbaθɪɔːrəˈɡrafᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌbæθiˌɔrəˈɡræfək(ə)l/ = bathyorographic adj.ΚΠ 1911 Bartholomew's Physical Atlas V. pl. 1 Note to bathy-orographical map. 1911 Bartholomew's Physical Atlas V. pl. 1 Bathy-orographical configuration. 1932 Nelson's World Gaz. 543/1 A bathyorographical map shows depths of the oceans and heights of the land. ˌbathyoroˈgraphically adv. Brit. /ˌbaθɪɒrəˈɡrafᵻkli/ , /ˌbaθɪɔːrəˈɡrafᵻkli/ , U.S. /ˌbæθiˌɔrəˈɡræfək(ə)li/ ΚΠ 1921 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Oct. 646/3 This map of the Pacific, on Mollweide's homolographic projection, is bathyorographically coloured in shades of blue and brown. ˌbathypeˈlagic adj. Brit. /ˌbaθᵻpᵻˈladʒɪk/ , U.S. /ˌbæθəpəˈlædʒɪk/ pertaining to or inhabiting the intermediate depths of the sea (opposed to abyssal, pelagic).ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [adjective] > intermediate depths bathypelagic1909 mesopelagic1951 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Bathypelagic. 1912 J. Murray & J. Hjort Depths of Ocean ix. 563 We shall..simply use the term ‘bathypelagic’ to denote those animals that live deep in the intermediate layers. 1936 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 249 They [sc. Argentina sphyræna] are also bathypelagic, that is, found floating at intermediate depths and not at or near the surface. 1958 New Biol. 25 125 Other deep sea anglers [i.e. fish] are..bathypelagic, living well above the bottom. ˌbathyˈthermograph n. Brit. /ˌbaθᵻˈθəːməɡrɑːf/ , /ˌbaθᵻˈθəːməɡraf/ , U.S. /ˌbæθəˈθərməˌɡræf/ an instrument which records automatically the temperature of water at various depths.ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > measurement of temperature > [noun] > instrument > self-registering or recording thermometers thermometrograph1837 maximum thermometer1852 minimum thermometer1858 thermograph1881 telethermograph1889 bathythermograph1938 1938 A. F. Spilhaus in Jrnl. Marine Res. 1 97 Measurements with the bathythermograph were carried out hourly..and remarkably sudden discontinuities in the thermocline and inversions of the thermocline were revealed. 1938 A. F. Spilhaus in Jrnl. Marine Res. 1 97 The bathythermograph records were traced directly on to this diagram from photographic enlargements of the original traces. 1947 Sci. News 4 84 The bathythermograph..scratches a temperature depth record on a smoked glass slide as it sinks almost vertically on a thin wire running very freely from a small winch. ˌbathythermoˈgraphic adj. Brit. /ˌbaθᵻθəːməˈɡrafɪk/ , U.S. /ˌbæθəˌθərməˈɡræfɪk/ pertaining or relating to a bathythermograph or its recordings.ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > measurement of temperature > [adjective] > specific pyrometric1800 pyrometrical1818 ebulliometric1935 bathythermographic1952 1952 Jane's Fighting Ships 1951–52 109 New Liskeard..is now used for Bathythermographic duties at Halifax. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < comb. form1858 |
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