Bathyscaphe Definition

băthĭ-skăf, -skāf
noun
A free-diving deep-sea vessel consisting of a large flotation hull with a crewed observation capsule attached to its underside, usually capable of reaching full ocean depths.
American Heritage

A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.

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Noun

Singular:
bathyscaphe
Plural:
bathyscaphes

Origin of Bathyscaphe

  • Borrowing from French, from Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathus, “deep") + σκάφη (skaphÄ“, “little ship"). Coined in 1940s by Auguste Piccard, the inventor of the bathyscaphe.

    From Wiktionary

  • bathy– Greek skaphos boat

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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