bathythermograph
[ bath-uh-thur-muh-graf, -grahf ]
nounOceanography.
an instrument that makes a record of the temperature at various depths in the ocean.
Origin of bathythermograph
1First recorded in 1935–40; bathy- + thermograph
Words Nearby bathythermograph
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
Scientific definitions for bathythermograph
bathythermograph
[ băth′ĭ-thûr′mə-grăf′ ]
A device that records water temperature in relation to ocean depth.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Browse