Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
bathyscaphe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration
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ATM atomic bomb backbone bandwidth bar code bathyscaph battery baud rate
23. Technology 2002
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The duo piloted the submersible bathyscaph Trieste to 35,798 feet deep.
The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories 2010
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The duo piloted the submersible bathyscaph Trieste to 35,798 feet deep.
The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories 2010
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Man has not been able to dive to depths such as this because of the pressure it would create, but he has explored the ocean floor to a depth of 35,800 feet in a bathyscaph, a diving craft with a hull constructed to withstand the pressure.
unknown title 2009
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Auguste Piccard's great bathyscaph, the Trieste, made several descents in the Atlantic Ocean, but its greatest moment came after it was acquired and redesigned by the U.S. Navy.
The Seattle Times 2008
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He studied in Switzerland and worked as a university teacher of economics, but abandoned his teaching to help his father design the bathyscaph.
The Seattle Times 2008
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Mr. Piccard helped his father invent the bathyscaph, a vessel that allows humans to descend to great depths.
The Seattle Times 2008
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On January 23, 1960 Jacques Piccard and Lieutenant Don Walsh of the U.S. Navy piloted the bathyscaph Trieste to the sea floor of the deepest area of the Marianas Trench, known as Challenger Deep, a depth of 35,800 feet, nearly 7 miles.
Warren Ellis 2008
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