bathymetrical

Variant of bathymetry

bathymetry definition

ba·thym·etry (ba t̸him′ə trē)

noun

  1. the science of measuring the depths of oceans, seas, etc.
  2. the topographic maps of the sea floor resulting from such measurements

Etymology: bathy- + -metry

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