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单词 bathometer
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bathometer

[ buh-thom-i-ter ]
/ bəˈθɒm ɪ tər /

noun Oceanography.

a device for ascertaining the depth of water.

Origin of bathometer

First recorded in 1870–75; batho- + -meter

Words nearby bathometer

bathmotropic, batho-, bathochromic, batholith, Bath Oliver, bathometer, Bathonian, bathophilous, bathophobia, bathos, bath pruritus
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Example sentences from the Web for bathometer

  • Bathometer, bath-om′et-ėr, n. an instrument for ascertaining depth.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
  • But the most ingenious of all contrivances for finding the depth of the sea is Siemen's Bathometer, a very recent invention.

    Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 702|Various

British Dictionary definitions for bathometer

bathometer
/ (bəˈθɒmɪtə) /

noun

an instrument for measuring the depth of water

Derived forms of bathometer

bathometric (ˌbæθəˈmɛtrɪk), adjectivebathometrically, adverbbathometry (bəˈθɒmɪtrɪ), noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for bathometer

bathometer
[ bə-thŏmĭ-tər ]

An instrument that is used to measure water depth without the use of a sounding line. The bathometer does not require a line to extend to the bottom because it measures the difference in the gravitational effect of the water surface and of solid ground.
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