bathyscaphe
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- noun
- /ˈbæθɪˌskæf/
- Specialized
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batiscafo
- The research team traveled to the ocean's depths in a specially designed bathyscaphe to study rare marine life.
- bathyscaphe Trieste
Examples
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In 1960, the bathyscaphe Trieste became the first vessel to reach the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
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An enormous Japanese bathyscaphe free-falls through the water.
Fiction book (1998) -
The Bathyscaphe is now mobile.
Fiction book (1998) -
They used the bathyscaphe (sic) from the 1939 World's Fair.
Blog text (6) -
On January 23, 1960, Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard and Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh dove the U.S. Navy bathyscaphe Trieste.
Academic text (1993) -
He just pulls on his hood and thermal jacket and climbs into the bathyscaphe, that fat sputnik of the deeps suspended from the crane at the stern of the ship.
Fiction book (1995) -
It is past seven by the time the bathyscaphe is back on deck, and Cousteau and Dr. Mazzy Gort have extricated their cramped limbs from its bowels.
Fiction book (1995) -
Equipped with cutting-edge technology, the bathyscaphe allows scientists to explore underwater ecosystems at extreme depths.
Synonyms
A small strong submarine for exploring very deep parts of the ocean
A small submarine that moves itself to reach and study the deepest parts of the sea
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bathyscaphe comes from two Greek parts: bathys meaning 'deep' and skaphos meaning 'boat'. So a bathyscaphe is literally a 'deep boat', a very strong kind of submarine made to reach the ocean floor.