bathythermograph
noun
bathy·ther·mo·graph
ˈba-thi-ˈthər-mə-ˌgraf 
: an instrument designed to record water temperature as a function of depth
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The perfection of the bathythermograph as an anti-submarine warfare tool had been a high priority at WHOI for years before the war.
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Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
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1938, in the meaning defined above
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