oceanography
UK/ˌəʊʃjəˈnɒɡɹəfi//ˌoʊʃəˈnɑɡɹəfi/
oceanography noun: the exploration and scientific study of the oceans and ocean floor.
Noun
oceanography (uncountable)
- The exploration and scientific study of the oceans and ocean floor.
- Synonyms:
- marine science, oceanology
oceanography meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
oceanography in Hindi
- oceanic exploration and study
- समुद्र विज्ञान samudra vijñān
oceanography in Tamil
- oceanic exploration and study
- கடலியல் kaṭaliyal
oceanography in Urdu
- بحری جغرافیہ
oceanography in Bengali
- সমুদ্রবিজ্ঞান, মহাসমুদ্রের ভৌত, রাসায়নিক
More languagesFewer languages
- oceanography in Malayalam
- സമുദ്രശാസ്ത്രം
- oceanography in Kannada
- ಸಾಗರವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ಸಮುದ್ರಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
- oceanography in Indonesian
- oseanografi, oseanologi
- oceanography in Vietnamese
- hải dương học
- oceanography in Myanmar
- အဏ္ဏဝါဗေဒ anna.wabeda.
Synonyms of oceanography
Origin of oceanography
From ocean + -ography.
Words formed from oceanography
Words that rhyme with oceanography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about oceanography
- What does oceanography mean?
- Oceanography means the exploration and scientific study of the oceans and ocean floor.
- What is oceanography in Hindi?
- Oceanography in Hindi is समुद्र विज्ञान (samudra vijñān). See Oceanography meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is oceanography?
- Oceanography is a noun.
- How do you pronounce oceanography?
- Oceanography is pronounced /ˌəʊʃjəˈnɒɡɹəfi/ (UK).
Words near oceanography in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: oceanography (page history and authors); oceanography (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Oceanography (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oceanography (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oceanography (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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