bathysphere

See also: bathysphère

English

Etymology

From bathy- +‎ -sphere. A genericization from the particular bathysphere in the 1930s named Bathysphere. The name bathysphere was coined decades after the introduction of the device in the 1890s.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbæθɪˌsfɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

bathysphere (plural bathyspheres)

  1. 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.
    Synonym: diving sphere

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