bathysphere
See also: bathysphère
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús, “deep”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”). Genericization from the particular 1930s bathysphere named "Bathysphere". The name 'bathysphere' coined decades after the introduction of the device in the 1890s.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bathysphere (plural bathyspheres)
- A spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life; the precursor to the bathyscaphe
Derived terms
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[edit]diving chamber
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