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bathythermograph

bathythermograph noun: a small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.

Noun

bathythermograph (plural bathythermographs)

  1. A small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.
    • The bathythermograph, an instrument we use to measure the temperature of the sea water, went out of commission.1959, William R. Anderson, with Clay Blair Jr., Nautilus 90 North, World Publishing Company, page 71

Forms of bathythermograph

pluralbathythermographs

Origin of bathythermograph

From bathy- + thermograph or bathy- + thermo- + -graph.

Questions about bathythermograph

What does bathythermograph mean?
Bathythermograph means a small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.
What part of speech is bathythermograph?
Bathythermograph is a noun.
What is the plural of bathythermograph?
The plural of bathythermograph is bathythermographs.

Words near bathythermograph in the dictionary

  1. bathysquilloids
  2. bathyteuthid
  3. bathyteuthids
  4. bathyteuthoid
  5. bathyteuthoids
  6. bathythermograph
  7. bathythermographs
  8. bathytype
  9. bathytypes
  10. Bathé
  11. bati

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