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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ISOBATH

From Greek isobathēs of equal depth, from iso- + bathos depth.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ISOBATH

isobath  [ˈaɪsəʊˌbæθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ISOBATH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Isobath is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ISOBATH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

isobath

Bathymetry

Bathymetry is the study of underwater depth of lake or ocean floors. In other words, bathymetry is the underwater equivalent to hypsometry or topography. The name comes from Greek βαθύς, "deep", and μέτρον, "measure". Bathymetric charts are typically produced to support safety of surface or sub-surface navigation, and usually show seafloor relief or terrain as contour lines and selected depths, and typically also provide surface navigational information. Bathymetric maps may also use a Digital Terrain Model and artificial illumination techniques to illustrate the depths being portrayed. Paleobathymetry is the study of past underwater depths.

Definition of isobath in the English dictionary

The definition of isobath in the dictionary is a line on a map connecting points of equal underwater depth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ISOBATH


eurybath
ˈjʊərɪˌbæθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ISOBATH

isoamyl acetate
isoantibody
isoantigen
isoantigenic
isobar
isobaric
isobaric spin
isobarism
isobarometric
isobase
isobathic
Isobel
isobilateral
isobront
isobutane
isobutene
isobutylene
isocaloric
isocarboxazid
isochasm

WORDS THAT END LIKE ISOBATH

baby bath
bath
bed bath
bird bath
bubble bath
foam bath
footbath
mud bath
run a bath
Sabbath
salt bath
shower bath
sitz bath
spa bath
sponge bath
steam bath
stenobath
sun bath
Turkish bath
water-bath

Synonyms and antonyms of isobath in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «isobath» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ISOBATH

Find out the translation of isobath to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of isobath from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «isobath» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

等深线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

isobata
570 millions of speakers

English

isobath
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

isobath
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قياس العمق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

изобата
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

isóbata
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

isobath
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

isobathe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Isobath
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tiefenlinie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

等深線
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

isobath
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Isobath
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường đẳng sâu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சம ஆழ்கடல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आयसोबॅट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eşderinlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

isobata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

izobaty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ізобата
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

isobath
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ισοβαθή καμπύλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

isobath
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

isobaten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

isobath
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of isobath

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ISOBATH»

The term «isobath» is normally little used and occupies the 133.472 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ISOBATH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «isobath» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «isobath» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about isobath

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ISOBATH»

Discover the use of isobath in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to isobath and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Geology of Stratigraphic Sequences
... 60 MY ISOBATH •- 20 MY SOBATH — 4OMY ISOBATH - 6OMY ISOBATH After 60 m y 20 MY ISOBATH 40 MY ISOBATH - 60 MY ISOBATH After 70 my KM 4000 2000 0 A 20 MY ISOBATH 4OMY ISOBATH 60 MY SOBATH 2000 4000 Fig.
Andrew D. Miall, 1997
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Proposed 1985 Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sale ...
60-Meter Isobath 1 year-round Sea-Duck Wintering I Oct. thru Apr. | 60-Meter Isobath 2 year-round Osprey Nesting I Mar. thru Julyl 60-Meter Isobath 3 year- round Bald Eagle Nesting 1 Jan. thru June I 60-Meter Isobath 4 year-round Peregr.
United States. Minerals Management Service. Atlantic OCS Region, 1984
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Proposed 1985 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale ...
Land 60-Meter 60-Meter 60-Meter 60-Meter 60-Meter 60-Meter Isobath Isobath Isobath Isobath Isobath Isobath 60-Meter Isobath 60-Meter Isobath 60-Meter Isobath 60-Meter Isobath 200-Meter Isobath 200-Meter Isobath 200-Meter Isobath ...
‎1984
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Final Environmental Impact Statement: OCS Oil and Gas ...
c. require a monitoring program to assess the impacts of the activities on the biota of the Banks to be carried out for activities within 1 nmi of the 85 m isobath. 2. Stipulations for leases on or near certain banks close to the shelf break of the ...
‎1980
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The Adequacy of Environmental Information for Outer ...
The servations are not adequate to determine whether there is a significant fference between the Lagrangian and Eulerian seasonal mean circulation patterns, sdicted (Loder and Wright, 1985). jh the strongest, the along-isobath clockwise drift ...
‎1967
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ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS
Janowitz and Pietrafesa (1982) also draw attention to the importance of isobath divergence, rather than curvature, near the shelf edge, where the seafloor is convex, 62H/dnz relatively large. Over diverging isobaths in this region the changes ...
Barry Saltzman, 1988
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OCS oil and gas proposed 1981 sales A66 and 66
c. require a monitoring program to assess the impacts of the activities as the biota of the Banks to be carried out for activities within 1 nmi of the 85 m isobath. It should be noted that there are no tracts offered in this proposed sale which are in  ...
United States. Bureau of Land Management. New Orleans Outer Continental Shelf Office, 1980
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OCS Oil and Gas Proposed 1981 Sales A66 and 66: Environmental
c. require a monitoring program to assess the impacts of the activities as the biota of the Banks to be carried out for activities within 1 nmi of the 85 m isobath. It should be noted that there are no tracts offered in this proposed sale which are in  ...
‎1980
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Stratigraphic Systems: Origin and Application
SOUTH 40 MY ISOBATH ~ 60MY ISOBATH 20 MY ISOBATH 40MY ISOBATH 60 MY ISOBATH 20 MY ISOBATH 40 MY ISOBATH 60 MY BOBJ.TH 20 MY ISOBATH 4OMY ISOBATH ,1. 60 MY ISOBATH 0 my After 20 my After 40 m y After 6O ...
Glenn S. Visher, 1999
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Proposed 1979 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale ...
No activity zone BLM/DOI 85 m isobath defined by aliquot description b . Shunting c. Monitoring d. Other discharges Within 3 nm of 85 m isobath to within 10 m of bottom Within 1 nm of 85 m isobath once before, periodically during, and once ...
‎1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ISOBATH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term isobath is used in the context of the following news items.
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Accelerated Warming Of Ocean Off Northeast US
The dashed line indicates the 80 m isobath, the mean position of the foot of the Shelfbreak front, which is close to the edge of the shelf. (Forsyth ... «reportingclimatescience.com, Jun 15»
2
China illegally fishing off coast of west Africa, Greenpeace study …
Bo Yuan 1 was found illegally fishing inside the 20m isobath zone in Guinea. Some of the Chinese ships Greenpeace observed were sending ... «The Guardian, May 15»
3
Maritime Delimitation: The Story Beyond 200 Nautical Miles – Analysis
... takes into account reference lines from the foot of the slope, sediment thickness, distance from the baselines as well as from the isobath.[13]. «Eurasia Review, May 15»
4
Creating a super-rich wildlife destination
Create a deep 400m depth isobath running north- south for Sperm Whales in Kalpitiya (the Sperm Whale Strip of E 79 35 to E 79 40). Slide a ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Apr 14»
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652 – Jellyfish Nation: Portugal is 97% Water
... miles (648 km) beyond the coastal baseline, or 100 nautical miles (190 km) beyond the 2,500-metre isobath (a line connecting points at similar depth). «Big Think, Apr 14»
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Onshore/Offshore Dichotomy Must Return - Kwankawaso
... exclusive economic zone' inserted into the version passed by the National Assembly to be replaced with '200 meter water depth isobath'. «AllAfrica.com, Aug 12»
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Do elephants and whales predict tsunamis?
The sightings by the Navy and by many boats subsequently have been around the 400m depth isobath. This lies between E 79 35 and E 79 38 but comes closer ... «Sunday Times.lk, May 12»
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GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS: Ancient Gulf of Mexico slope failure …
The East Breaks slump is oriented north to south and consists of a 20-km wide head scarp initiated along the 150-meter isobath at the shelf edge. The head ... «Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine, Jan 12»
9
Equatorial Guinea's Ceiba discovery reveals another deepwater …
This covered all available acreage offshore Equatorial Guinea, including 40 blocks beyond the 200-meter isobath. The overall producer response was slow, due ... «Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine, Jan 12»
10
New Zealand's exploration potential
... the Deepwater Taranaki Basin, which extends 200 km from the shelf edge out to the 2,000 m isobath and has an area of nearly 60,000 sq km. «Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine, Jan 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Isobath [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/isobath>. May 2024 ».
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