bathymetry

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
Geological Survey showing surficial sample sites, bathymetry, continental margin and coastal areas.

View all »
Examples (46)

  • The new 5.0 release now features 3D bathymetry - you can explore the ocean floor. —  Macworld
  • '3D bathymetry,' allowing users to see 3D terrain underwater. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • You can both see the 3D bathymetry and see the surface above you for a real submarine-like experience! —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • I hope lots of people will go beyond the 3D bathymetry and explore the new "Ocean" layers which contain very important information about overfishing, rapidly melting ice at the poles, man-made environmental threats, and other issues facing the oceans. —  Planet Geospatial
  • Ocean mapping, which is called bathymetry, is crude by comparison. —  NEWS updates from www.voiceofsandiego.org
 

Tags

bathymetry hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 24 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (1)

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. from Greek βαθύς, deep, + -μετρία, from μέτρον, a measure.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

/bæˈθɪmɛtri/
by American Heritage

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about once a year.

Recently looked up

vacuity · siliceous · hurst · extols · au

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

be careful! the razor is razor-sharp! · minty-fresh death threat · please stop sucking the monkeybread · beauregard · unicycle hockey