hydrographyn.

Brit.

/hʌɪˈdrɒɡrəfi/, U.S.

/haɪˈdrɑɡrəfi/

Forms: Also 1500s hidro-.

Etymology: See hydrographer n.

1. The science which has for its object the description of the waters of the earth's surface, the sea, lakes, rivers, etc., comprising the study and mapping of their forms and physical features, of the contour of the sea-bottom, shallows, etc., and of winds, tides, currents, and the like. (In earlier use, including the principles of Navigation.) Also a treatise on this science, a scientific description of the waters of the earth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > hydrography > [noun]

hydrography1559

1559 W. Cuningham (title) The Cosmographical Glasse, conteyning the pleasant Principles of Cosmographie, Geographie, Hydrographie or Nauigation.

1595 J. Davis Seamans Secrets i. sig. G6 Hidrographie is the description of the occean Sea, with all Iles, bancks, rocks and sands therein contained.

1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 260 Fournier (who is..skilfull in what relates to Hydrography) mentions an Inundation on the Coasts of America.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 62 Fournier in..his Hydrography hath laboured to prove the contrary of all this.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Some of the best Authors use the Term in a more extensive Sense; so as to denote the same with Navigation. In this Sense Hydrography includes the Doctrine of Sailing; the Art of making Sea Charts, with the Uses thereof; and every thing necessary to be Known, in order to the safest and most expeditious Performance of a Voyage.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World VI. xv. 1975 He compleated the hydrography of the habitable globe.

1849 F. W. Beechey in J. F. W. Herschel Man. Sci. Enq. (Lords Commissioners Admiralty) 56 Other curious and important facts in physical hydrography have been ascertained.

1898 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 552 The body of the work to which the title of hydrography is applied, consists in the determination of existing water supply.

2. The subject matter of this science; the hydrographical features of the globe or part of it; the distribution of water on the earth's surface.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > [noun] > of earth's surface collectively > distribution on earth

hydrography1852

palaeohydrography1853

1852 G. B. Earp Gold Colonies Austral. 33 Capt. Stokes has added immensely to our knowledge of the hydrography of tropical Australia.

1882 Times 21 Sept. 3 The geography and hydrography of the ground must be studied.

†3. [ < Greek γραϕή, -γραϕία writing.] Writing with water. (In quots. figurative with reference to tears.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > others

hydrographya1657

hierography1731

pasigraphy1796

scoteography1804

scriptio continua1845

grass hand1850

palaeotype1867

pneumatography1876

pasigraphic1947

abugida1990

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cxliii, in Poems (1878) IV. 136 More then a Man, and Mightier then a King; A Text of Honour, weak Hydrographie.

a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 61 Whose Fate we see Thus copyed out in Grief's Hydrography.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hydrography
释义	hydrographyn. Brit. /hʌɪˈdrɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /haɪˈdrɑɡrəfi/ Forms: Also 1500s hidro-. Etymology: See hydrographer n. 1. The science which has for its object the description of the waters of the earth's surface, the sea, lakes, rivers, etc., comprising the study and mapping of their forms and physical features, of the contour of the sea-bottom, shallows, etc., and of winds, tides, currents, and the like. (In earlier use, including the principles of Navigation.) Also a treatise on this science, a scientific description of the waters of the earth. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > hydrography > [noun] hydrography1559 1559 W. Cuningham (title) The Cosmographical Glasse, conteyning the pleasant Principles of Cosmographie, Geographie, Hydrographie or Nauigation. 1595 J. Davis Seamans Secrets i. sig. G6 Hidrographie is the description of the occean Sea, with all Iles, bancks, rocks and sands therein contained. 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 260 Fournier (who is..skilfull in what relates to Hydrography) mentions an Inundation on the Coasts of America. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 62 Fournier in..his Hydrography hath laboured to prove the contrary of all this. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Some of the best Authors use the Term in a more extensive Sense; so as to denote the same with Navigation. In this Sense Hydrography includes the Doctrine of Sailing; the Art of making Sea Charts, with the Uses thereof; and every thing necessary to be Known, in order to the safest and most expeditious Performance of a Voyage. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World VI. xv. 1975 He compleated the hydrography of the habitable globe. 1849 F. W. Beechey in J. F. W. Herschel Man. Sci. Enq. (Lords Commissioners Admiralty) 56 Other curious and important facts in physical hydrography have been ascertained. 1898 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 552 The body of the work to which the title of hydrography is applied, consists in the determination of existing water supply. 2. The subject matter of this science; the hydrographical features of the globe or part of it; the distribution of water on the earth's surface. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > [noun] > of earth's surface collectively > distribution on earth hydrography1852 palaeohydrography1853 1852 G. B. Earp Gold Colonies Austral. 33 Capt. Stokes has added immensely to our knowledge of the hydrography of tropical Australia. 1882 Times 21 Sept. 3 The geography and hydrography of the ground must be studied. †3. [ < Greek γραϕή, -γραϕία writing.] Writing with water. (In quots. figurative with reference to tears.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > others hydrographya1657 hierography1731 pasigraphy1796 scoteography1804 scriptio continua1845 grass hand1850 palaeotype1867 pneumatography1876 pasigraphic1947 abugida1990 a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V cxliii, in Poems (1878) IV. 136 More then a Man, and Mightier then a King; A Text of Honour, weak Hydrographie. a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 61 Whose Fate we see Thus copyed out in Grief's Hydrography. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1559
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