Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument that records water temperature in relation to ocean depth.
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- noun A small
torpedo -shaped device that holds atemperature sensor and atransducer to detect changes inhydrostatic pressure .
Etymologies
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The original bathythermograph, by the way, is torpedo-shaped NO bucket resemblance and fully reusable and is towed behind the ship.
Recyclable AbathyThermograph Instruments « Climate Audit 2007
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I thought you might be interested in this description of the first bathythermograph …
Recyclable AbathyThermograph Instruments « Climate Audit 2007
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As the boat raced west, McCafferty watched the bathythermograph trace.
Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986
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Thirty seconds later they dropped a bathythermograph probe.
Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986
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Morris and his ASW officer looked at the bathythermograph reading.
Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986
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The 3300 Argo bathythermograph buoys deployed throughout the world's oceans since late in 2003 have shown a slight cooling of the oceans over the past five years, directly contrary to the official theory that any "global warming" not showing in the atmosphere would definitely show up in the first 400 fathoms of the world's oceans, where at least 80% of any surplus heat would be stored.
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So, as a submarine moves into an area its presence affects the temperature of the water around it and the bathythermograph will provide enough data to locate the lurking sub.
unknown title 2009
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A bathythermograph attached to the trawl headrope records data on ocean temperature, and the depth of the survey tows.
unknown title 2009
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Changing eXpendable bathythermograph fall-rates and their impact on estimates of thermosteric sea level rise.
Jennifer Marohasy 2008
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Aerographer's Mate 3rd Class Brandon Davis launches a Sippican MK-2 bathythermograph data acquisition system.
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