Bathysphere Definition

băthĭ-sfîr
noun
A spherical deep-diving chamber in which persons are lowered by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life.
American Heritage
A round, watertight observation chamber lowered by cables into the sea to a depth of c. 900 m (c. 2,950 ft)
Webster's New World

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.

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Other Word Forms of Bathysphere

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Singular:
bathysphere
Plural:
bathyspheres

Origin of Bathysphere

  • From Ancient Greek βάθος (bathos, “depths”) + σφαίρα (sfaíra, “sphere”).

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