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BATHYMETRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Measuring the depths of the oceans
Synonyms:
bathymetry; plumbing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bathymetry" is a kind of...):
measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)
Derivation:
bathymetric; bathymetrical (of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes)