bathometer
[ buh-thom-i-ter ]
/ bəˈθɒm ɪ tər /
noun Oceanography.
a device for ascertaining the depth of water.
Words nearby bathometer
bathing-machine,
bathmotropic,
batho-,
bathochromic,
batholith,
bathometer,
bathonian,
bathophilous,
bathophobia,
bathos,
bathrobe
Example sentences from the Web for bathometer
Bathometer, bath-om′et-ėr, n. an instrument for ascertaining depth.
But the most ingenious of all contrivances for finding the depth of the sea is Siemen's Bathometer, a very recent invention.
British Dictionary definitions for bathometer
bathometer
/ (bəˈθɒmɪtə) /
noun
an instrument for measuring the depth of water
Derived forms of bathometer
bathometric (ˌbæθəˈmɛtrɪk), adjective bathometrically, adverb bathometry (bəˈθɒmɪtrɪ), nounScientific definitions for bathometer
bathometer
[ bə-thŏm′ĭ-tər ]
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.