saturation diving

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noun

a method of prolonged diving, using an underwater habitat to allow divers to remain in the high-pressure environment of the ocean depths long enough for their body tissues to become saturated with the inert components of the pressurized gas mixture that they breathe: when this condition is reached, the amount of time required for decompression remains the same, whether the dive lasts a day, a week, or a month.

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Origin of saturation diving

First recorded in 1965–70

OTHER WORDS FROM saturation diving

saturation dive, noun

Words nearby saturation diving

saturated liquid, saturated vapor, saturater, saturation, saturation bombing, saturation diving, saturation index, saturation level, saturation point, saturator, Saturday

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How to use saturation diving in a sentence

In the course of her remarkable travels Thecla baptizes herself by diving into a pool of “man-eating seals.”
First Anglican Woman Bishop A Return to Christian Roots|Candida Moss|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We arrived to the din of a party in full swing: a band, multiple kegs of beer, dancing, foosball, and mantle diving.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And by mercilessly diving headfirst into these exploits, “Discord” discovers a universal truth: no human is human without flaws.
The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson (And Tolstoy and Dickens)|Samuel Fragoso|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The video became a hit, and it led Boenish to pioneer a new type of diving—BASE.
The High-Flying Secrets of BASE Jumpers|William O’Connor|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The World High Diving Federation, established in 1996, is recognized by the Olympic Committee as the sport's governing body.
The World Series of Cliff Diving Takes Itself Very Seriously|Hampton Stevens|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rosemary, shy but happy, began giving out the toys, diving with both hands at once into the baskets which the fairy father held.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Alila has still another way of fishing which is not as hard work as diving, though, after all, it is not much fun.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
But already the border men were turning out and diving behind logs and rocks even while the sleep still blurred their eyes.
A Virginia Scout|Hugh Pendexter
There are many gradations of dirt and various degrees of saturation from salt water, but this combination is unapproachable.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
Her back was turned to Nita, her clawlike, skinny hands were diving into the chest of gold.
They Looked and Loved|Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller

British Dictionary definitions for saturation diving

saturation diving

noun

a method of diving in which divers live in a complex of decompression chambers for up to 28 days, going to work via a diving bell, and only decompressing at the end of the period. Helium is substituted for nitrogen in the air supply to avoid the narcotic effects of nitrogen

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