depthometer

English

Etymology

From depth +‎ -ometer

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛpˈθɒmɪtər/

Noun

depthometer (plural depthometers)

  1. An instrument for measuring the depth of water or other liquids.
    • 1903 December 1, The American Inventor, volume XI, number 11, Washington, D.C.:
      The depthometer is an instrument designed to show the depth of liquids either in open vessels—such as water tanks, vats, ship’s holds, wells, etc.—or of liquids inclosed in vessels under any degree of pressure, as in the case of petrol tanks in some motor cars and other vessels of this kind.
    • 1957, UNITED STATES. CONGRESS. SENATE. COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE Hearings 1957, volume 4, page 150:
      We determine our position by means of our depthometer and our charts.
    • 2025 April 17, Wikipedia contributors, “CURV”, in English Wikipedia‎[1], Wikimedia Foundation:
      Other support systems included active and passive sonar, altimeter, depthometer, and compass.

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