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- noun Plural form of
fathometer .
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Examples
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For several years, when fathometers on ships have been taking depth soundings, they often pick up a false bottom before getting the actual depth.
Tom Swift Jr And His Jetmarine Almquist, John 1954
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Shortly afterwards, Loran-C, color fathometers, GPS units and side-scan sonars became available to everyone at a reasonable cost.
KeysNews.com - 2010
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Around the mid-1970s, a few boats were equipped with Loran-A and paper fathometers.
KeysNews.com - 2010
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