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Definition of hydrography in English: hydrographynoun hʌɪˈdrɒɡrəfihaɪˈdrɑɡrəfi mass nounThe science of surveying and charting bodies of water, such as seas, lakes, and rivers. 水道测量术 Example sentencesExamples - He said: ‘I am very conscious of the excellent leadership of the nation's hydrography by my predecessors.’
- He was the founder of modern oceanography and hydrography.
- His work was both of a military and of a scientific nature, often combining these two aspects in his work on hydrography and cartography.
- That opened a period of intense growth in scientific knowledge in the area of steamship mechanics, shipbuilding, hydrography and shipboard artillery.
- Samples were grouped in several distinct clusters that were generally consistent with the hydrography of the area.
Derivativesnoun hʌɪˈdrɒɡrəfəhaɪˈdrɑɡrəfər Scientists were there to study the marine biology and geology, and naval hydrographers to bring back information to update charts. Example sentencesExamples - Global positioning has changed much of the hydrographer's trade.
- We sent the Navy hydrographers in to see where we could get in, but they couldn't find anywhere suitable.
- On display are oil paintings and photographs of past hydrographic and oceanographic ships, rare charts, drawings and gifts from various international hydrographers.
- An interesting fact is that modern hydrographers say the channel's intake has been stable since 1937.
adjective hʌɪdrəˈɡrafɪkˌhaɪdrəˈɡræfɪk The extra money, if approved, will pay for stepped up hydrographic surveys of the nation's 40 ‘most critical’ ports and harbors and to convert all charting data into digital format. Example sentencesExamples - This passage also makes clear that the global validity of natural powers produces precisely the differences and variations allowing genuine forms in every climatic or hydrographic zone.
- The ship carries two small hydrographic survey launches, equipped with high-frequency sonar to operate in depths of 10 to 260 feet.
- Candidates also learn basic maritime operations, conduct hydro-graphic surveys and prepare hydrographic charts.
- Many now see the benefits that professional societies can provide in this regard - and hydrographic societies in particular, as the common link to all maritime activity.
adjective hʌɪdrəˈɡrafɪk(ə)l The regeneration project manager said a hydrographical survey of the area using geophysical scanning would take place next month. Example sentencesExamples - He was one of the first 19th century sailors who tamed the seas through science, inventing systems for transporting cannon over marshy ground, ciphers for code and a system of hydrographical surveys.
- Once a lake situated in a soft soil environment reaches a critical surface area, geographical and hydrographical processes will intensify the erosion of the shores.
- Among these were offices, storehouses, docks, locomotives, maps, hydrographical studies, and 50 million cubic metres of excavation - almost as much as on the original Suez Canal.
- The coast survey is to furnish the requisite information of the hydrographical and topographical nature.
adverbhʌɪdrəˈɡrafɪk(ə)li The Point is hydrographically unique, being the only area along the U.S. East Cast where several major currents collide in such a complicated way. Example sentencesExamples - This hydrographically closed lake of western Nevada thus represents a place to ‘test’ the drought hypothesis.
- These fluids are thought to be saline brines derived from syntectonic, hydrographically closed, arid basins.
- This area experiences large seasonal fluctuations in climate, and is also hydrographically complex.
- Oysters only occur in the hydrographically semi-closed lagoons behind barrier beaches in eastern Florida, where larval dispersal is predicted to be small-scale, bidirectional and follow a stepping-stone pattern.
Rhymesautobiography, bibliography, biography, cardiography, cartography, chirography, choreography, chromatography, cinematography, cosmography, cryptography, demography, discography, filmography, geography, hagiography, historiography, iconography, lexicography, lithography, oceanography, orthography, palaeography (US paleography), photography, radiography, reprography, stenography, topography, typography Definition of hydrography in US English: hydrographynounhīˈdräɡrəfēhaɪˈdrɑɡrəfi The science of surveying and charting bodies of water, such as seas, lakes, and rivers. 水道测量术 Example sentencesExamples - He said: ‘I am very conscious of the excellent leadership of the nation's hydrography by my predecessors.’
- He was the founder of modern oceanography and hydrography.
- Samples were grouped in several distinct clusters that were generally consistent with the hydrography of the area.
- That opened a period of intense growth in scientific knowledge in the area of steamship mechanics, shipbuilding, hydrography and shipboard artillery.
- His work was both of a military and of a scientific nature, often combining these two aspects in his work on hydrography and cartography.
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