Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marograph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: maro-graph
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument for measuring the tides.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"Records of the variations in level of the ocean and the great lakes are kept by means of tidal registers, or marographs."

Etymology

From Latin mare (“sea”) + -graph.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: mare
Suffix: graph

Inflected Forms

marographs (plural)

Questions

What does marograph mean?: An instrument for measuring the tides.
Where does marograph come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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