bathythermograph

[ bath-uh-thur-muh-graf, -grahf ]

nounOceanography.
  1. an instrument that makes a record of the temperature at various depths in the ocean.

Origin of bathythermograph

1
First recorded in 1935–40; bathy- + thermograph

Words Nearby bathythermograph

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Scientific definitions for bathythermograph

bathythermograph

[ băth′ĭ-thûrmə-grăf′ ]


  1. A device that records water temperature in relation to ocean depth.

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