diving bell

diving bell

See also: diving-bell

English

Alternative forms

• diving-bell

Noun

diving bell (plural diving bells)

1. An airtight chamber, open at the bottom, that is lowered on a cable underwater to operate as a base or a means of transport for a diver or a small number of divers.

Derived terms

• diving bell spider

Translations

airtight chamber used by divers

Bulgarian: кесон m (keson) Czech: potápěčský zvon Danish: dykkerklokke Dutch: duikerklok (nl) Finnish: sukelluskello

French: cloche de plongée (fr) f German: Taucherglocke (de) f Greek: καταδυτικός κώδων m (katadytikós kódon) Italian: campana subacquea f

See also

• bathysphere
• bathyscaphe
• submersible
• submarine