Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A spherical deep-diving chamber in which persons are lowered by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life.
Wiktionary
- n. 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
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration; it is constructed with a strong steel shell to withstand high pressures at the ocean bottom.
WordNet 3.0
- n. spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek βάθος (bathos, "depths") + σφαίρα (sfaíra, "sphere"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This "bathysphere" bike owner is even more pathetic than the Mini Tool.”
“Perhaps the "bathysphere" in question belongs to this fellow:”
“A revolutionary vehicle, a "bathysphere," designed and built by the pair following a sketch by Theodore Roosevelt, had made the voyage possible.”
“Enhanced control of autonomous body functions was attained even in the second-generation version, and the third provided a kind of bathysphere capable of "diving" down even to the cellular level.”
“Aug 15, 1934: It’s dark, cramped and creepy, but William Beebe and Otis Barton try to stay calm as they’re lowered in their "bathysphere" to a record depth of 3,028 feet into the sea near Bermuda.”
“A particularly interesting plate (at left), illustrating a large deep-sea fish Beebe named the "untouchable bathysphere fish," or Bathysphaera intacta, which he sighted at a depth of 2,100 feet off the coast of Bermuda.”
“No one can say that we don't play good football," he said after Saturday's game as his bathysphere prepared for the next descent.”
The Guardian: West Ham left with sinking feeling despite avoiding Blackburn defeat
“Three men (Dr. Ken Tashiro, Dr. Jules Masson, and Perry Lawton) are trapped in a bathysphere due to seismic activity.”
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“In other respects, the Panamera 4 is very like a Porsche: the stiffness and solidity of the chassis, like a bathysphere hatch; the high-speed data stream from the front wheels to the steering wheel; the ineffable sense of leverage against the road.”
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“For those of you who have been living in a bathysphere beneath polar ice caps that are melting faster than a popsicle left out in the midday sun, LA is ground zero for the Cult of the Youth-Obsessed.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bathysphere’.
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Steampunk
Words used quite often in steampunk
ansible, airship, chymical, valve, clockwork, dirigible, thaumaturgy, copper, bronze, difference engine, gear, rivets and 516 more...
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bathy-, batho-
of or relating to depth
bathyscaphe, bathysphere, batholith, bathos, bathophobia, bathochromic, bathymetry, bathymetric, bathyal zone, bathyal, bathybius, bathycolpian and 14 more...
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Heebie-jeebies
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Spheres
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word tank
a couple words
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words found to be generally pleasing
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List Erine
cool mint antiseptic
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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favorite words
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netop, kenspeckle, loden, framboise, providence, milquetoast, schism, cadence, thrush, asphodel, clandestine, aesthete and 196 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (B)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
balcony, bailey, baguette, bairn, balalaika, baldric, balefire, baby's breath, ballet, balm of gilead, balsam, baluster and 188 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
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gorgonglare's list
the best
zeppelin, ion, laconic, serendipity, cataract, saturnine, syzygy, cinnabar, bistro, lithium, paroxysm, scion and 694 more...
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hippietrail's Words
ginormous, résumé, bunyip, hela, ute, zelkova, tidal wave, pyramid, naïve, café, chocolate, wanker and 27 more...
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trustknot's Words
codger, curmudgeon, amok, torpid, turgid, craven, crepuscule, twilight, spry, mot juste, dross, schadenfreude and 66 more...
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