Definitions

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  • adjective Beneath the surface of a sea or ocean.

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  • adjective Beneath the sea; submarine.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ sea

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Examples

  • The terms subsea (or offshore) and coastal permafrost refer to geological materials that have remained below 0°C for two or more years and that occur at or below sea level.

    Permafrost in the Arctic 2009

  • The use of satellite wells -- using a method called subsea tiebacks -- is proliferating.

    BP Drilling Platform Reaches Far Afield 2009

  • Billy Stringfellow, the Transocean shore-side official known as the subsea superintendent, said he didn't hear about the leaks before the incident and left it up to rig workers to determine if they were significant enough to report.

    New Orleans Saints Central 2010

  • FMC Technologies designs, manufactures and services technologically sophisticated systems and products such as subsea production and processing systems, surface wellhead systems, high pressure fluid control equipment, measurement solutions, and marine loading systems for the oil and gas industry.

    FMC Technologies Awarded $95 Million Order to Supply Subsea Systems for Norske Shell's Ormen Lange Development - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • General Electric, earned up to $2,500 on an investment of up to $15,000; won the largest "subsea" drilling contract in the industry to date

    Center for Media and Democracy - Publishers of PR Watch 2010

  • At the "subsea" level, he said, this was the first time the industry had had to deal with any problems at this depth, and that there was a lot of "real-time learning going on".

    Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Guardian: Julia Kolle 2010

  • FMC Technologies designs, manufactures, and services systems and products, such as subsea production and processing systems, surface wellhead systems, and high-pressure fluid control equipment for the oil and gas industry.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • FMC Technologies designs, manufactures and services technologically sophisticated systems and products such as subsea production and processing systems, surface wellhead systems, high pressure fluid control equipment, measurement solutions, and marine loading systems for the oil and gas industry.

    FMC Technologies to Supply Subsea Systems for Shell's Parque das Conchas Phase II Project Offshore Brazil - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • FMC Technologies designs, manufactures, and services systems and products, such as subsea production and processing systems, surface wellhead systems, and high-pressure fluid control equipment for the oil and gas industry.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • FMC Technologies designs, manufactures and services technologically sophisticated systems and products such as subsea production and processing systems, surface wellhead systems, high pressure fluid control equipment, measurement solutions, and marine loading systems for the oil and gas industry.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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