thalassography

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  1. The science of the ocean; oceanography; that branch of physical geography which has to do with the phenomena of the ocean. The need of some simple word to express the science which treats of oceanic basins has led to the construction of this term [thalassography]. A. Agassiz, Three Cruises of the Blake, I. i.

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  1. Cf. Middle Greek θαλασσ, σ1ογράφος, describing the sea; from Greek θάλασσ, σ1α, the sea, + γράφειν, write.
 

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