hydrography
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
hydr
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
hydrography
the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, esp. with reference to their use for navigation
n. 水道学；水道测量术
Dissection of hydrography
hydrography = hydr (water) + o + graph (write, draw, describe, record) + -y (suffix for abstract noun, so graphy means a process or method of writing, recording or representing a thing, extended further to mean a science for describing a thing)
hydrography = the science of water on the surface of the earth
hydrography = extended further to mean the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, esp. with reference to their use for navigation
Now Repeat my Dissection
hydrography = the science of water on the surface of the earth
hydrography = extended further to mean the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, esp. with reference to their use for navigation
Important roots for this word:
graph
hydr
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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