subsea

[suhb-see, suhb-see]

adjective

1. occurring, working, etc., under the sea or ocean.

   a subsea specialist in oil rigs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subsea¹

sub- + sea

Example Sentences

Most of Guernsey's electricity - about 90% - comes from France through a subsea cable to Jersey, supplying the island with low-carbon energy.

From BBC

The PM has vowed the UK will do everything in its power to "destroy" President Putin's "shadow fleet operation, starve his war machine of oil revenues and protect the subsea infrastructure".

From BBC

In this case, it contributes to two high-voltage subsea links - one from Torness in East Lothian to County Durham, the other from Fife to landfall in Lincolnshire and on to Norfolk, while installing new substations and overhead transmission cables, often facing the headwind of local resident opposition.

From BBC

With this technology, it is even possible to work out the approximate size of a vessel passing above a subsea cable, as well as its location and, in some circumstances, its direction of travel.

From BBC

"The number of cable faults per year has really held steady over the last several years," she adds, explaining that the 1-200 faults that typically occur annually has not risen despite ever more subsea cables being installed during that period.

From BBC