bathysphere

See also: bathysphère

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Etymology

From bathy- +‎ -sphere. A genericization from the particular bathysphere in the 1930s named Bathysphere. The name bathysphere was coined decades after the introduction of the device in the 1890s.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbæθɪˌsfɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

bathysphere (plural bathyspheres)

1. 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.

   Synonym: diving sphere

Derived terms

• bathyspheric

Related terms

• bathyscaphe

Translations

diving chamber

Catalan: batisfera f Chinese: Mandarin: 潛水球 / 潜水球 (qiánshuǐqiú) Finnish: batysfääri French: bathysphère (fr) f German: Bathysphäre f Greek: βαθύσφαιρα (el) f (vathýsfaira) Italian: batisfera (it) f Japanese: 潜水球 (せんすいきゅう, sensuikyū) Macedonian: батисфе́ра f (batisféra) Polish: batysfera (pl) f Russian: батисфе́ра (ru) f (batisféra) Spanish: batisfera f

See also

• submarine
• submersible
• diving bell