bathythermograph
English
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Etymology
[edit]From bathy- + thermograph or bathy- + thermo- + -graph.
Noun
[edit]bathythermograph (plural bathythermographs)
- A small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.
- 1959, William R. Anderson, with Clay Blair Jr., Nautilus 90 North, World Publishing Company, page 71:
- The bathythermograph, an instrument we use to measure the temperature of the sea water, went out of commission.