Definitions
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- noun A small
submarine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration
Etymologies
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Examples
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A fourth search is due to start March 20 using a minisubmarine.
Airbus Is Placed Under Formal Probe Over Crash David Pearson 2011
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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■ 1996: A North Korean minisubmarine is captured along the east coast of South Korea.
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