bathysphere

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /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

Related terms

• bathyscaphe

Translations

• French: bathysphère
• German: Bathysphäre
• Italian: batisfera
• Russian: батисфе́ра
• Spanish: batisfera

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