bathyscaphe

Noun

Meaning

navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bathyscape bathyscaph periscope submarine scuba submersible snorkel freighter submergence bathysphere tanker diving bell wet suit aquascope diving chamber
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Hypernyms

submersible

Related terms

bathysphere scaphander bathy- mesoscaphe

Examples

In the 1950s, Auguste Piccard invented the bathyscaphe and used the Trieste to investigate the ocean's depths. Source: Internet

The first was the manned descent by Swiss-designed, Italian-built, United States Navy -owned bathyscaphe Trieste which reached the bottom at 1:06 pm on 23 January 1960, with Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard on board. Source: Internet

The producers of the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation named the ship's captain " Jean-Luc Picard " after Jacques Piccard. citation They would later name one of the show's starships the U.S.S. Trieste, after the bathyscaphe. Source: Internet

This additional weight was held in place at the throats of two hopper-like ballast silos by electromagnets, so in case of an electrical failure the bathyscaphe would automatically rise to the surface. Source: Internet

This configuration (dubbed a bathyscaphe by the Piccards), allowed for a free dive, rather than the previous bathysphere designs in which a sphere was lowered to depth and raised again to the surface by a cable attached to a ship. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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