Bathythermograph

Bathythermograph

An instrument that plots a graph of temperature versus depth in a body of water, such as a lake or an ocean.

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bathythermograph

Engineering; Electronic engineering

An instrument that plots a graph of temperature versus depth in a body of water, such as a lake or an ocean.

bathythermograph

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A device developed by Athelstan Spilhaus in 1938 to measure temperature/depth profiles in the ocean, the bathythermograph was basically a reworking of a mostly unworkable device ...

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Earth science; Mapping science

An instrument for obtaining and recording temperature as a function of depth (strictly speaking pressure) in the ocean, from a ship under way.

bathythermograph

Weather; General weather

A device used to obtain a record of temperature against depth (pressure) in the ocean. May be referred to as a B.T.

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Weather; Meteorology

A device for obtaining, from a ship under way, a record of temperature against depth (strictly speaking, pressure) in the upper 300 m of the ocean. For a thermal element it has a ...

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