hydrographic

adjective

hy·​dro·​graph·​ic ˌhī-drə-ˈgra-fik 

1

: of or relating to the characteristic features (such as flow or depth) of bodies of water

2

: relating to the charting of bodies of water

hydrographer

hī-ˈdrä-grə-fər 

noun

hydrography

hī-ˈdrä-grə-fē 

noun

Examples of hydrographic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Early last week, NATO's Baltic Sentry mission consisted of three ships: German minesweeper FGS Datteln, Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp and Dutch hydrographic survey vessel HNLMS Luymes. —Sarah Dean, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025

The Legal Amazon is an area in nine states of Brazil that's home to the largest hydrographic basin in the world. —Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024

On Thursday, sailors retrieved the data recorder and conducted a hydrographic survey to assess the plane's structural integrity. —CBS News, 28 Nov. 2023

In early 2023, the ship spent about a month supporting hydrographic, land and environmental surveys in the waters of Temotu Province, in the eastern Solomon Islands. —Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 May 2023

The USS Carter Hall is on the scene categorizing debris, along with the USNS Pathfinder, a ship that is capable of conducting oceanographic, hydrographic, and bathymetric surveys of the ocean floor. —Paul Best, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2023

Word History

Etymology

French hydrographique, from Middle French, from hydr- + -graphique -graphic

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for hydrographic

• autographic
• biographic
• calligraphic
• cartographic
• cryptographic
• demographic
• epigraphic
• ethnographic
• geographic
• holographic
• lithographic
• mammographic