thalassographyn.
/θalaˈsɒɡrəfi/ The branch of physical geography which treats of the sea, its configuration and phenomena; oceanography.
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oceanography1859
oceanology1864
thalattology1874
thalassography1888
1888 A. Agassiz (title) Contribution to American Thalassography.
1888 Times 7 Apr. 5/2 The necessity for some such term as oceanography or thalassography is significant of the vast progress which has been made during the past 20 years in our knowledge of the ocean depths.
Derivatives
thalaˈssographer n. a student or investigator of thalassography.
thaˌlassoˈgraphic adj. of or pertaining to thalassography.
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thalassographic1881
oceanographic1891
oceanographical1892
thalassographical1893
oceanological1902
1881 Giglioli in Nature 18 Aug. 358/1 The war-steamer of the Italian Royal Navy Washington,..left Maddalena on the 2nd inst. on her thalassographic mission.
1900 Nature 4 Jan. 228/1 Thalassographic researches in the Mediterranean.
thaˌlassoˈgraphical adj. of or pertaining to thalassography.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > hydrography > [adjective] > oceanography
thalassographic1881
oceanographic1891
oceanographical1892
thalassographical1893
oceanological1902
1893 Smithsonian Inst. Rep. (1894) 370 (note) Biological and thalassographical investigations.
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