Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A spherical deep-diving chamber in which persons are lowered by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration; it is constructed with a strong steel shell to withstand high pressures at the ocean bottom.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
spherical steel deep -diving chamber withperspex windows, in which persons are lowered to thedepths by acable to study theoceans and deep-sealife ; theprecursor to thebathyscaphe
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration
Etymologies
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Examples
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Perhaps the "bathysphere" in question belongs to this fellow:
The BSNYC Absentee Art Exhibition (Part III) BikeSnobNYC 2008
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This "bathysphere" bike owner is even more pathetic than the Mini Tool.
The BSNYC Absentee Art Exhibition (Part III) BikeSnobNYC 2008
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A revolutionary vehicle, a "bathysphere," designed and built by the pair following a sketch by Theodore Roosevelt, had made the voyage possible.
Where Wonders Await Us Flannery, Tim 2007
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Enhanced control of autonomous body functions was attained even in the second-generation version, and the third provided a kind of bathysphere capable of "diving" down even to the cellular level.
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Aug 15, 1934: It’s dark, cramped and creepy, but William Beebe and Otis Barton try to stay calm as they’re lowered in their "bathysphere" to a record depth of 3,028 feet into the sea near Bermuda.
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A particularly interesting plate (at left), illustrating a large deep-sea fish Beebe named the "untouchable bathysphere fish," or Bathysphaera intacta, which he sighted at a depth of 2,100 feet off the coast of Bermuda.
"Grow till tall. They all, in the end, will fall." aliceoddcabinet 2010
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"No one can say that we don't play good football," he said after Saturday's game as his bathysphere prepared for the next descent.
West Ham left with sinking feeling despite avoiding Blackburn defeat 2011
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Three men (Dr. Ken Tashiro, Dr. Jules Masson, and Perry Lawton) are trapped in a bathysphere due to seismic activity.
Black Shark Submarine Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2008
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In other respects, the Panamera 4 is very like a Porsche: the stiffness and solidity of the chassis, like a bathysphere hatch; the high-speed data stream from the front wheels to the steering wheel; the ineffable sense of leverage against the road.
Deciding the Case of Panamera v. Porsche Purists Dan Neil 2010
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For those of you who have been living in a bathysphere beneath polar ice caps that are melting faster than a popsicle left out in the midday sun, LA is ground zero for the Cult of the Youth-Obsessed.
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