soundable

Thân thiện

The sailor lowers the soundable line into the calm harbor.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being sounded or measured for depth: Describes a body of water or a depth that is not too great to be measured with a sounding line or similar device.

Usage

• The adjective "soundable" is used to describe the physical characteristic of a depth, typically of water, that can be measured. It is a technical term often found in nautical, geographical, or surveying contexts. It is not commonly used in everyday conversation.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The bay is relatively shallow and soundable with our equipment.
  • They needed to find a soundable channel for the ship to pass through safely.
  • The lake's depth was soundable from a small boat.

Advanced Usage

• "soundable bottom": A seabed or lakebed shallow enough for its depth to be measured.
  • The captain ordered a course change upon finding a soundable bottom, indicating they were in shallower waters.

Variants and Related Words

• Sound (verb): To measure the depth of (water), typically with a line.
  • The crew will sound the harbor before docking.

Synonyms

• Fathomable: Capable of being fathomed (understood or measured).
• Measurable: Capable of being measured.

Antonyms

• Unsoundable: Incapable of being sounded or measured for depth; unfathomable.
  • The trench was deemed unsoundable with traditional methods.
• Abyssal: Pertaining to the great depths of the ocean, often implying unmeasurable depth.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth

Từ đồng nghĩa

• fathomable
• plumbable