bathymeter, bathometer
(noun) an instrument that measures the depth of water
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bathometer (plural bathometers)
An instrument that measures the depth of water, used especially to measure the depth of ocean water.
• bathymeter
Source: Wiktionary
Ba*thom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. depth + -meter.]
Definition: An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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