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also oceanographical
as in hydrographic
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Recent Examples of oceanographic
Not much is known about their movements, but it’s believed that the species may follow squid populations or relocate as a result of oceanographic conditions.
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Five of the Navy’s six Pathfinder Class oceanographic survey vessels are approaching 30 years of service, joined by an aged fleet of seven old ocean surveillance ships.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Using high-resolution bathymetric maps from its deep-sea sonar surveys, along with real-time oceanographic data on temperature, salinity, and currents collected by buoys and research vessels, the PLA has built detailed models of acoustic propagation.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Five of the Navy’s six Pathfinder Class oceanographic survey vessels are approaching 30 years of service, joined by an aged fleet of seven old ocean surveillance ships.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Using high-resolution bathymetric maps from its deep-sea sonar surveys, along with real-time oceanographic data on temperature, salinity, and currents collected by buoys and research vessels, the PLA has built detailed models of acoustic propagation.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oceanographic
hydrographic
Adjective
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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
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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
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“Oceanographic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oceanographic. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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