Bathymetrical

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of bathymetric. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "Just as the bathymetrical limit of marine life, which was laid down at 300 fathoms by Professor Edward Forbes, is now no longer accepted, so the distance to which light can penetrate may prove to have been misunderstated hitherto, and should, in the interest of truth, be re-examined by physicists."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes wordnet

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"Just as the bathymetrical limit of marine life, which was laid down at 300 fathoms by Professor Edward Forbes, is now no longer accepted, so the distance to which light can penetrate may prove to have been misunderstated hitherto, and should, in the interest of truth, be re-examined by physicists."

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