Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The scientific study of the ocean. See
oceanography . - noun A treatise on the ocean.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That branch of science which relates to the ocean.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
oceanography
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
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Examples
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As an island nation surrounded by the ocean, "we fully know the breadth of marine oceanology," she said.
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I'm like hey, I didn't come here to get an oceanology degree.
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Because oceanography deals with the physical/biological properties and phenomena of the sea and oceanology is the branch of technology and economics dealing with human use of the sea.
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I'm actually enrolled in an oceanology course with Professor Glenn Williams at Nassau Community College.
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I'm actually enrolled in an oceanology course with Professor Glen Williams at Nassau Community College.
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I'm actually enrolled in an oceanology course with professor Glen Williams, at Nassau Community College.
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As an island nation surrounded by the ocean, "we fully know the breadth of marine oceanology," she said.
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As an island nation surrounded by the ocean, "we fully know the breadth of marine oceanology," she said.
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As an island nation surrounded by the ocean, "we fully know the breadth of marine oceanology," she said.
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The latest contracts cover cooperation in oil and gas, mining, space technology, heavy machinery manufacturing, seafood, oceanology and electronics.
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