bathysphere

bathysphere

See also: bathysphère

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús, “deep”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”).

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