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  • noun An autonomous submarine vehicle.

Etymologies

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Shortened autonomous + sub.

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  • The temperatures are very similar to temperature data collected by [equipment attached to] elephant seals in 2008 and by British Antarctic Survey using an autosub below the ice shelf in 2005.

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