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marograph

marograph noun: an instrument for measuring the tides.

Noun

marograph (plural marographs)

  1. An instrument for measuring the tides.
    • We represent in the annexed engravings, for which we are indebted to La Nature, two new registering devices, one termed the marograph, designed for tide measurements, the other the fluviograph, intended for similar examination of river and canal levels.1875 October 9, Scientific American, page 227
    • His work on microseisms including the installation of meteorological instruments in Ottawa and the marograph in Nova Scotia, was quite advanced for its time; I would say that no further advances were made in the subject until the 1940's.1989, The heavens above and the Earth below: A History of the Dominion Observatories, page 117

Forms of marograph

pluralmarographs

Origin of marograph

From Latin mare (“sea”) + -graph.

Questions about marograph

What does marograph mean?
Marograph means an instrument for measuring the tides.
What part of speech is marograph?
Marograph is a noun.
What is the plural of marograph?
The plural of marograph is marographs.

Words near marograph in the dictionary

  1. marocchinos
  2. Marocco
  3. marog
  4. Maroggia
  5. Marogong
  6. marograph
  7. marographs
  8. Marohl
  9. Marohls
  10. Marohn
  11. Marohns

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