bathysphere

See also: bathysphère

English

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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

Related terms

• bathyscaphe

Translations

diving chamber

• Catalan: batisfera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潛水球／潜水球 (qiánshuǐqiú)

• Finnish: batysfääri
• French: bathysphère (fr) f
• German: Bathysphäre f
• Greek: βαθύσφαιρα (el) f (vathýsfaira)
• Italian: batisfera (it) f
• Japanese: 潜水球 (せんすいきゅう, sensuikyū)
• Polish: batysfera f
• Russian: батисфе́ра (ru) f (batisféra)
• Spanish: batisfera f

See also

• submarine
• submersible
• diving bell