bathysphere
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- noun
- /ˈbæθɪˌsfɪr/
- Archaic
:
batisfera
- It also appeared as the NX test vehicle in "First Flight" (ENT), and it even became an alien bathysphere that descended into a stellar atmosphere in "Cogenitor" (ENT).
- sea bathysphere
Examples
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I am saying that if you came out of the sea in your bathysphere and stood shaking hands, and people thought of you as an explorer of the ocean depths, you still had to go on with the rest of your life.
Fiction book (1999) -
A bathysphere.
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Let us remember the bathysphere, a little steel ball containing a man.
Fiction book (1999) -
What's she doing in the bathysphere?
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She must have turned on the radio in the bathysphere.
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A three-year-old's driving the bathysphere?
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The reader sees the use of unknown technology in the description of the bathysphere: PREFORMATTED TABLE
Academic text (1994) -
After weathering an unexpected storm, Alexander prepares his glass ship, and his men lower him into the sea in the bathysphere.
Academic text (1994) -
He felt his mind descend into the sluggish depths of his own body, drifting through continents of ice, landmass, gravity, and weight like a sort of bathysphere.
Fiction book (1995) -
The marine biologist descended into the ocean in a bathysphere to study deep-sea creatures.
Synonyms
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A small vehicle that moves and works under water
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A strong chamber with an open bottom filled with air that carries people or equipment underwater for work
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bathysphere comes from the Greek parts bathys 'deep' and sphere 'ball'. So a bathysphere is literally a 'deep ball', a round strong vessel lowered into the sea for exploring deep underwater.