Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Existing or used beneath the surface of the sea.
- adverb Beneath the surface of the sea.
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- adjective
Existing ,relating to, or made for usebeneath thesea .
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- adjective beneath the surface of the sea
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Examples
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In Texas, they disinvited a movie that hilariously claimed "there's a good chance that life began in undersea thermal vents".
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Earlier this month, we reported on the boom in undersea cable construction in response to a 64 percent surge in international bandwidth use last year.
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The buildout in undersea optical cables should be viewed as a good thing, especially if Om is correct when he points out that network growth often presages an economic boom.
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Earlier this month, we reported on the boom in undersea cable construction in response to a 64 percent surge in international bandwidth use last year.
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"Information awareness, the ability to communicate that, what is going on the oceans and what is going on undersea, that is the trend."
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So-called undersea dead zones where oil starves oxygen from the water and its marine life of fish, shrimp, oysters and crabs.
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Any claim that they were stolen and published on the Web in the name of "transparency" or "accountability" is belied by a cable WikiLeaks released that identifies sites around the world critical to U.S. national security, such as undersea communications cables, vaccine makers, and manufacturers of weapons parts.
How to Prevent the Next WikiLeaks Dump Joseph I. Lieberman 2011
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We now know the oil industry, and the government agency tasked with regulating them, determined that there was a zero chance that this kind of undersea disaster could ever happen.
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We now know the oil industry, and the government agency tasked with regulating them, determined that there was a zero chance that this kind of undersea disaster could ever happen.
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Another reason for optimism is that the vents can withstand disasters such as undersea volcanoes.
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Indian call centres for British firms 'badly hit' after two severed undersea cables knock out internet, (London) Daily Mail, Jan. 31, 2008.
February 1, 2008