Marograph
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Marograph is a noun meaning An instrument for measuring the tides.
Meaning
An instrument for measuring the tides.
Example Sentences
Records of the variations in level of the ocean and the great lakes are kept by means of tidal registers, or marographs.
His work on microseisms including the installation of meteorological instruments in Ottawa and the marograph in Nova Scotia, was quite advanced for its time; I would say that no further advances were made in the subject until the 1940's.
We represent in the annexed engravings, for which we are indebted to La Nature, two new registering devices, one termed the marograph, designed for tide measurements, the other the fluviograph, intended for similar examination of river and canal levels.
Word Forms
- marographs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include marigraph, magnetograph, ondograph, limnograph, microbarograph, floodometer.
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