OCEANOGRAPHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oceanographer mean? 

• OCEANOGRAPHER (noun)
  The noun OCEANOGRAPHER has 1 sense:

1. a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas

  Familiarity information: OCEANOGRAPHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCEANOGRAPHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("oceanographer" is a kind of...):

scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)

Instance hyponyms:

Ekman; Vagn Walfrid Ekman (Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954))

Derivation:

oceanography (the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans)

 Context examples 

Biological oceanographer Jennifer Brandon found some of the tiniest microplastics in seawater at much higher concentrations than previously measured.

(Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought, National Science Foundation)

The regions are also thought to be remarkably stable, yet scientists have documented an anomaly in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre ecosystem that has puzzled oceanographers.

(North Pacific Ocean fertilized by iron in Asian dust, National Science Foundation)

A polynya that appeared in 2016 and 2017 offered a unique opportunity for oceanographers to monitor this expanse of ice-free water.

(Data from robotic drifters explain mysterious holes in Antarctic sea ice, National Science Foundation)

In three studies of the biological carbon pump — the process by which carbon dioxide is produced by photosynthetic algae in the surface ocean and transferred to the seafloor and stored for millennia — biological oceanographer Mike Stukel and his collaborators found that microscopic zooplankton play critical, often underappreciated roles in transporting and holding carbon.

(Research provides new view of the critical role of plankton in marine carbon storage, National Science Foundation)