How to pronounce bathymetry
American English pronunciation
buh-THIM-uh-tree
- IPA
- /bəˈθɪmətɹi/
- Syllables
- buh · THIM · uh · tree (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What bathymetry means
The measuring of how deep the water is in seas and lakes
In a sentence: The ship's crew used sound waves for bathymetry, mapping the hills and valleys of the sea floor.
Where it comes from: It's built from bathy-, from a Greek word for deep, and -metry, meaning measuring.
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