OCEANOGRAPHY
Dictionary entry overview: What does oceanography mean? • OCEANOGRAPHY (noun)
The noun OCEANOGRAPHY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans
Familiarity information: OCEANOGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OCEANOGRAPHY (noun)
Meaning:
The branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
oceanography; oceanology
Hypernyms ("oceanography" is a kind of...):
earth science (any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts)
Domain member category:
El Nino ((oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oceanography"):
hydrography (the science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation)
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