Meanings
- 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
- Ancient GreekὨκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós)
- LatinŌceanus
- Old Frenchoccean
- Middle English*ocean, occean, occian, occyan
- Englishocean
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishoceanography
- Englishoceanographic
From oceanography + -ic.
Full word history & related roots →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
Cite this entry
oceanographic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oceanographic
“oceanographic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oceanographic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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