'Bathymetry' definitions:
Definition of 'bathymetry'
From: WordNet
noun
Measuring the depths of the oceans [syn: bathymetry, plumbing]
Definition of 'Bathymetry'
From: GCIDE
- Bathymetry \Ba*thym"e*try\, n. [Gr. ba`qos depth + -metry.] The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea. [1913 Webster] bathyscaph
Synonyms of 'bathymetry'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- altimetry,
- aquiculture,
- bathometry,
- biometrics,
- biometry,
- cadastration,
- cartography,
- chorography,
- craniometry,
- depth sounding,
- echo sounding,
- echolocation,
- fathomage,
- fathoming,
- geodesy,
- geodetics,
- goniometry,
- hydrography,
- hypsography,
- hypsometry,
- marine biology,
- mensuration,
- metrology,
- oceanography,
- planimetry,
- psychometrics,
- psychometry,
- sonar,
- sounding,
- soundings,
- stereometry,
- surveying,
- thalassography,
- topography,
- water