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undersea

American  
[uhn-der-see] / ˈʌn dərˌsi /

adjective

  1. located, carried on, or used under the surface of the sea.

    undersea life.


adverb

  1. underseas.

undersea British  
/ ˈʌndəˌsiː /

adjective

  1. below the surface of the sea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of undersea

First recorded in 1605–15; under- + sea

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There have been a series of incidents in the Baltic Sea since 2023, when undersea cables and power lines have been damaged.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

His career has included Coast Guard search and rescue operations, maritime salvage missions, drug interdiction work, and research at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory involving autonomous systems, space technologies, and undersea platforms.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

Coastal desalination plants discharge ultra salty brine waste that can harm marine life, but the undersea pods release a less concentrated brine, which the company says is friendlier to the ecosystem.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

Their AC-1 undersea fiber could handle 40 gigabits per second, or more than 10,000 T-1 lines, which could easily generate more than $100 million a month.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

And soon we will control the undersea furnaces, our ancestral home!”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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