oceanographic

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US/ˌoʊʃənəˈɡɹæfɪk/

adjective

relating to oceanography, the science of oceans

“Their lab is still analyzing the data from the last oceanographic survey.”

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Meanings

adjectiveoceanographic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerelating to oceanography, the science of oceans

    Their lab is still analyzing the data from the last oceanographic survey.

    Synonyms: oceanographical

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverelating to oceanography, the science of oceans

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekὨκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós)
  2. LatinŌceanus
  3. Old Frenchoccean
  4. Middle English*ocean, occean, occian, occyan
  5. Englishocean
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  8. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  9. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  10. Englishoceanography
  11. Englishoceanographic

From oceanography + -ic.

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Translations

Catalan oceanogràfic
  • oceanogràficrelating to oceanography
Dutch oceanografisch
  • oceanografischrelating to oceanography
Esperanto oceanografia
  • oceanografiarelating to oceanography
French océanographique
  • océanographiquerelating to oceanography
Irish aigéaneolaíoch
  • aigéaneolaíochrelating to oceanography
Italian oceanografico
  • oceanograficorelating to oceanography
Norwegian Bokmål oseanografisk
  • oseanografiskrelating to oceanography
Portuguese oceanográfico
  • oceanográficorelating to oceanography
Spanish oceanográfico
  • oceanográficorelating to oceanography
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APA

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Chicago

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