Bathythermograph

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small torpedo-shaped device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in hydrostatic pressure.

    "The bathythermograph, an instrument we use to measure the temperature of the sea water, went out of commission."

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"The bathythermograph, an instrument we use to measure the temperature of the sea water, went out of commission."

Etymology

From bathy- + thermograph or bathy- + thermo- + -graph.

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hydrostatic pressure

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