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Oceanography

Oˊcean-og′ra-phy

,

Noun.

[

Ocean

+

-graphy

.]

A description of the ocean.

Definition 2024

oceanography

oceanography

English

Noun

oceanography ‎(uncountable)

The exploration and scientific study of the oceans and ocean floor.

Synonyms

marine science
oceanology

Related terms

oceanographer

Derived terms

Translations

oceanic exploration and study

Albanian: oqeanografia f
Catalan: oceanografia f, oceanologia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 海洋學 (zh), 海洋学 (zh) ‎(hǎiyángxué)
Czech: oceánografie f
Dutch: zeekunde (nl) f
Esperanto: oceanografio, oceanologio
Finnish: meritiede, oseanografia (fi)
French: océanographie (fr) f, océanologie (fr) f
Galician: oceanografía (gl) f
German: Ozeanographie f, Ozeanografie f, Meereskunde (de) f
Greek: ωκεανογραφία (el) f ‎(okeanografía)
Hungarian: oceanográfia (hu)
Ido: oceanografio (io)
Indonesian: oseanografi (id), oseanologi (id)
Irish: aigéaneolaíocht f

Italian: oceanografia (it) f, oceanologia f
Japanese: 海洋学 (ja) ‎(かいようがく, kaiyōgaku)
Khmer: សាគរលេខន៍ ‎(sakor lek), សាគរវិទ្យា (km) ‎(sakor vityea)
Korean: 해양학 ‎(haeyanghak) (海洋學)
Manx: mooir-oaylleeaght
Navajo: tónteel naalkaah
Norwegian:

Bokmål: oseanografi (no) m

Nynorsk: oseanografi m
Portuguese: oceanografia (pt) f, oceanologia f
Romanian: oceanografie (ro) f, oceanologie (ro) f
Russian: океаногра́фия (ru) f ‎(okeanográfija)
Serbo-Croatian: oceanografija (sh) f
Spanish: oceanografía (es) f, oceanología f
Swedish: oceanografi (sv) c
Turkish: oseonografya (tr), oşinografi (tr), okyanus bilimi (tr)
Vietnamese: hải dương học (海洋學)