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BATHYMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bathymeter mean?
• BATHYMETER (noun)
The noun BATHYMETER has 1 sense:
1. an instrument that measures the depth of water
Familiarity information: BATHYMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instrument that measures the depth of water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bathometer; bathymeter
Hypernyms ("bathymeter" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Derivation:
bathymetrical (of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes)
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