Definitions

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  • noun A small submarine.

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  • noun submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration

Etymologies

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mini- +‎ submarine

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Examples

  • A fourth search is due to start March 20 using a minisubmarine.

    Airbus Is Placed Under Formal Probe Over Crash David Pearson 2011

  • Deep Ocean Expeditions Ltd. said its eco-tours won't be affected by the Chapter 11 filing of its affiliate, which was also set up to offer minisubmarine trips but never became operational.

    Tourism Firm Files Bankruptcy 2008

  • Deep Ocean Expeditions Ltd. said its eco-tours won't be affected by the Chapter 11 filing of its affiliate, which was also set up to offer minisubmarine trips but never became operational.

    Corrections & Amplifications 2008

  • More than an hour before the attacks on Pearl Harbor began, it started for Thill and his destroyer, the USS Ward, which attacked and sank a Japanese minisubmarine near the harbor entrance.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Chilingarov, a polar explorer, has embodied Moscow's sweeping Arctic ambitions ever since he rode in a minisubmarine and placed a Russian flag on the bottom of the ocean under the North Pole, claiming it for Russia, in a 2007 expedition.

    NYT > Home Page By ANDREW E. KRAMER 2011

  • Chilingarov, a polar explorer, has embodied Moscow's sweeping Arctic ambitions ever since he rode in a minisubmarine and placed a Russian flag on the bottom of the ocean under the North Pole, claiming it for Russia, in a 2007 expedition.

    NYT > Home Page By ANDREW E. KRAMER 2011

  • Putin, who plumbed the depths of Lake Baikal in a minisubmarine in August and pronounced the lake "ecologically clean," has given a well-connected tycoon's waste there, reversing what had been a landmark victory for environmentalists.

    WN.com - Articles related to Sweden wants explanation on Baltic nuclear 'dumping' 2010

  • Putin, who plumbed the depths of Lake Baikal in a minisubmarine in August and pronounced the lake "ecologically clean," has given a well-connected tycoon's waste there, reversing what had been a landmark victory for environmentalists.

    WN.com - Articles related to Sweden wants explanation on Baltic nuclear 'dumping' 2010

  • A Norwegian ship equipped with two underwater drones mounted with ultra-high resolution cameras and a remote-controlled minisubmarine scoured an 80-square-mile rectangle centered over the area where naval investigators calculated was the beacon's most likely point of origin, said Martine Del Bono, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Investigations and Analyses.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • ■ 1996: A North Korean minisubmarine is captured along the east coast of South Korea.

    News From DefenseNews.com 2010

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