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bathometer

American  
[buh-thom-i-ter] / bəˈθɒm ɪ tər /

noun

Oceanography.

  1. a device for ascertaining the depth of water.

bathometer British  
/ ˌbæθəˈmɛtrɪk, bəˈθɒmɪtə, bəˈθɒmɪtrɪ /

noun

  1. an instrument for measuring the depth of water

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bathometer Scientific  
/ bə-thŏm′ĭ-tər /

  1. 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.

Other Word Forms

  • bathometric adjective
  • bathometrically adverb
  • bathometry noun

Etymology

Origin of bathometer

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

Example Sentences

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The bathometer, or attraction-meter, was brought out in 1876, and exhibited at the Loan Exhibition in South Kensington.

From Heroes of the Telegraph by Munro, John

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