OCEANOGRAPHY

[ocean.og.ra.phy] n [ISV] (1859): a science that deals with the oceans and includes the delimitation of their extent and depth, the physics and chemistry of their waters, marine biology, and the exploitation of their resources -- ocean.og.ra.pher n -- ocean.o.graph.ic also ocean.o.graph.i.cal adj -- ocean.o.graph.i.cal.ly adv