oceanography

noun

ocean·og·ra·phy ˌō-shə-ˈnä-grə-fē How to pronounce oceanography (audio)

: a science that deals with the oceans and includes the delimitation of their extent and depth, the physics and chemistry of their waters, marine biology, and the exploitation of their resources

oceanographer

ˌō-shə-ˈnä-grə-fər How to pronounce oceanography (audio)

noun

oceanographic

ˌō-shə-nə-ˈgra-fik How to pronounce oceanography (audio)

adjective

or less commonly oceanographical

ˌō-shə-nə-ˈgra-fi-kəl How to pronounce oceanography (audio)

oceanographically

ˌō-shə-nə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce oceanography (audio)

adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The family moved to the Bird Rock section of La Jolla in 1967, shortly after Barnett finished earning a doctorate in oceanography at Scripps.

Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 July saw no decrease of algae in the Caribbean Sea, said Chuanmin Hu, an optical oceanography professor who helps produce the reports.

DÁnica Coto, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022 Chuanmin Hu, an oceanography professor at the University of South Florida who helps produce the seaweed reports, said sargassum levels for the eastern Caribbean were at a near-record high this year, second only to those reported in July 2018.

Dánica Coto, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2022 Sears had been selected to oversee the oceanography chapters of the reports.

Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022 Chuanmin Hu, an oceanography professor at the University of South Florida who helps produce the seaweed reports, said sargassum levels for the eastern Caribbean were at a near-record high this year, second only to those reported in July 2018.

Fox News, 4 Aug. 2022 July saw no decrease of algae in the Caribbean Sea, said Chuanmin Hu, an optical oceanography professor who helps produce the reports.

Dánica Coto, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2022 The minimum temperature threshold for maintaining a hurricane is 26 degrees Celsius (about 79 degrees Fahrenheit), said Nan Walker, a professor of oceanography and coastal sciences at Louisiana State University.

Daniella Silva, NBC News, 22 June 2022 Sears continued her own research but also took on the role of organizer for the emerging field of modern oceanography.

Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from German Ozeanographie, Oceanographie from Ozean, Ocean ocean + -o- -o- + -graphie -graphy (after Geographie geography, Aërographie "meteorology")

Note: The German word was apparently introduced by the German seaman and academic Eduard Bobrik (1802-70) in Handbuch der praktischen Seefahrtskunde, Band 1 (Zürich/Hamburg, 1846), p. 79 ff.

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

单词	oceanographic
释义	oceanography noun ocean·og·ra·phy ˌō-shə-ˈnä-grə-fē : a science that deals with the oceans and includes the delimitation of their extent and depth, the physics and chemistry of their waters, marine biology, and the exploitation of their resources oceanographer ˌō-shə-ˈnä-grə-fər noun oceanographic ˌō-shə-nə-ˈgra-fik adjective or less commonly oceanographical ˌō-shə-nə-ˈgra-fi-kəl oceanographically ˌō-shə-nə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē adverb Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The family moved to the Bird Rock section of La Jolla in 1967, shortly after Barnett finished earning a doctorate in oceanography at Scripps. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 July saw no decrease of algae in the Caribbean Sea, said Chuanmin Hu, an optical oceanography professor who helps produce the reports. DÁnica Coto, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022 Chuanmin Hu, an oceanography professor at the University of South Florida who helps produce the seaweed reports, said sargassum levels for the eastern Caribbean were at a near-record high this year, second only to those reported in July 2018. Dánica Coto, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2022 Sears had been selected to oversee the oceanography chapters of the reports. Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022 Chuanmin Hu, an oceanography professor at the University of South Florida who helps produce the seaweed reports, said sargassum levels for the eastern Caribbean were at a near-record high this year, second only to those reported in July 2018. Fox News, 4 Aug. 2022 July saw no decrease of algae in the Caribbean Sea, said Chuanmin Hu, an optical oceanography professor who helps produce the reports. Dánica Coto, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2022 The minimum temperature threshold for maintaining a hurricane is 26 degrees Celsius (about 79 degrees Fahrenheit), said Nan Walker, a professor of oceanography and coastal sciences at Louisiana State University. Daniella Silva, NBC News, 22 June 2022 Sears continued her own research but also took on the role of organizer for the emerging field of modern oceanography. Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from German Ozeanographie, Oceanographie from Ozean, Ocean ocean + -o- -o- + -graphie -graphy (after Geographie geography, Aërographie "meteorology") Note: The German word was apparently introduced by the German seaman and academic Eduard Bobrik (1802-70) in Handbuch der praktischen Seefahrtskunde, Band 1 (Zürich/Hamburg, 1846), p. 79 ff. First Known Use 1859, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition oceanography noun ocean·og·ra·phy ˌō-shə-ˈnä-grə-fē : a science that deals with the ocean oceanographic adjective variants also oceanographical as in hydrographic Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance hydrographic naval seagoing seafaring oceangoing nautical admiralty navigational marine maritime
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oceanography

noun

Example Sentences

Word History

Kids Definition

noun

adjective