submersible
12
7.2
- noun
- /səbˈmɜːrsəbl/
- Specialized
:
sumergible
- The research team deployed the submersible to explore the underwater cave system.
- submersible pump
- diving submersible
- deep submersible
Examples
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PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Researchers who study bioluminescence in the deep sea use submersibles such as the Johnson-Sea Link.
Academic text (2003) -
Used for underwater equipment inspections, the VideoRay submersible weighs just 4 kg and is rated for depths.
Academic text (2008) -
A frame that was used to lift the submersible in and out of the ocean.
Fiction book (1999) -
You see these submersibles going in the water?
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Control room, submersible is now entering the lagoon.
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These are the most technically advanced submersibles in the world.
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The crew will now demonstrate the workings of the submersible.
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There's only one of those deep sea submersibles in Europe.
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One crew member serves as navigator and driver, steering the submersible around the 400-meter oval course.
Academic text (1993) -
Angra's submersible, Gatathea, also arrived, and that's where Chanda and the other humans headed for pickup.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
133
5.8
A ship that travels under water, often used by the navy
A very small underwater boat that carries one or two people
Antonyms
- Specialized
2
4.9
A military ship that moves and fights on the water's surface, not underwater
Compounds
- Specialized
A machine placed under water to move water up from a well
How Deep
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
12
7.2
- Specialized
1
6.3
- Specialized
60
3.7
8
3.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Submersible comes from the parts sub- 'under' and merge 'to dip or put into', the same idea behind submarine and immerse. So a submersible is literally something that can be put under water, which fits a small vehicle made to travel below the surface.