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Sealab

American  
[see-lab] / ˈsiˌlæb /

noun

  1. any of several experimental U.S. Navy underwater habitats for aquanauts.


Etymology

Origin of Sealab

First recorded in 1965–70; sea + lab

Example Sentences

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Like Bizarro in Sealab 2021, I thought I was helping by sending a few Swarm of Flies spells into the ring.

From The Verge • Apr. 14, 2022

The Sealab program included one real-life astronaut, Scott Carpenter, one of the original seven Mercury astronauts and the second American to orbit the earth.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2020

Six hundred feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast, Chief Warrant Officer Bob Barth struggled to get inside the Navy’s new Sealab 3 habitat.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2020

After Sealab, in the 1970s, there actually was talk about creating a “wet NASA”—an independent civilian agency like NASA, but funded to pursue manned and other undersea activities.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2013

Reed honed his comedic style at Cartoon Network's anarchic late-night offshoot Adult Swim, where he devised underwater adventure series Sealab 2021 and superhero parody Frisky Dingo.

From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2013

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