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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The exploration and scientific study of the ocean and its phenomena.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The science of the ocean: a special branch of geography.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A description of the ocean.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

Etymologies

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ocean +‎ -ography

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