bathyscaphe

Variant of bathyscaph

bathyscaph definition

bathy·scaph (bat̸h′ə skaf′)

noun

a deep-sea diving apparatus for reaching great depths, nearly 11 km (c. 6.8 mi), without a cable: it consists of a navigable, ballasted, submarine-shaped float filled with a fluid lighter than water, and a steel observation cabin
also bathyscaphe bath′y·scaphe′ (-skaf′, -skāf′)

Etymology: < Fr, coined by Auguste Piccard < Gr bathys, deep + skaphē, boat

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