bathysphere

See also: bathysphère

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús, “deep”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”). Genericization from the particular 1930s bathysphere named "Bathysphere". The name 'bathysphere' 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

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