Bathymetry meaning

bə-thĭmĭ-trē
The measurement of the depth of bodies of water.
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The science of measuring the depths of oceans, seas, etc.
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The topographic maps of the sea floor resulting from such measurements.
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The measurement of the depth of bodies of water, particularly of oceans and seas.
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The measurement of the depths of the seas.
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Origin of bathymetry

  • bathy- +‎ -metry

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Bathymetry Sentence Examples

  • In addition, it also helps to minimize offset errors and MRU lever arm effects on the bathymetry data.

  • The map shows areas of sandy sediment in less than 20 m water depth using bathymetry calculated to the Lowest Astronomical Tide datum.

  • It has been produced to provide a regional-scale digital bathymetry as a primary dataset for mapping and modeling of the sea bed.

  • Here GeoSwath has the advantage as it is able to collect bathymetry below the keel of a vessel whilst it is alongside.

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