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HYDROGRAPHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrography mean?
• HYDROGRAPHY (noun)
The noun HYDROGRAPHY has 1 sense:
1. the science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation
Familiarity information: HYDROGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hydrography" is a kind of...):
oceanography; oceanology (the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans)
Derivation:
hydrographical (of or relating to the science of hydrography)
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