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bathysphere
[ bath-uh-sfeer ]
/ ˈbæθ əˌsfɪər /
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noun Oceanography.
a spherical diving apparatus from which to study deep-sea life, lowered into the ocean depths by a cable.
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Words nearby bathysphere
bathymetry, bathypelagic, bathypelagic zone, bathyscaph, bathyscaphe, bathysphere, bathythermogram, bathythermograph, batik, bating, Batinism
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How to use bathysphere in a sentence
It was not the grapple hooks from his ship, but chains—chains which the man-armed sharks were wrapping around the bathysphere.
Astounding Stories, August, 1931|VariousIt was pried up, and slid off the top of the bathysphere, to crash upon the floor outside.
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British Dictionary definitions for bathysphere
bathysphere
/ (ˈbæθɪˌsfɪə) /
noun
a strong steel deep-sea diving sphere, lowered by cable
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Scientific definitions for bathysphere
bathysphere
[ băth′ĭ-sfîr′ ]
A hollow, spherical steel diving chamber in which people are lowered by cable from a surface vessel to explore the ocean depths. In 1934 a bathysphere carrying William Beebe and an associate reached a record depth of over 923 m (3,028 ft). Because space in the bathysphere is cramped, dives longer than three-and-a-half hours are intolerable, and it was eventually supplanted by the bathyscaphe.
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