bathysphere
UK/ˈbæθɪˌsfɪə(ɹ)/
bathysphere noun: 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.
Noun
bathysphere (plural bathyspheres)
bathysphere meaning in Tamil
bathysphere in Tamil
- நீர்க்கோள், மூழ்கு கோளம், ஆழ்கடல் நீர்மூழ்கி கோளங்கள்
Synonyms of bathysphere
Forms of bathysphere
| plural | bathyspheres |
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Origin of bathysphere
From bathy- + -sphere. A genericization from the particular bathysphere in the 1930s named Bathysphere. The name bathysphere was coined decades after the introduction of the device in the 1890s.
Words formed from bathysphere
Questions about bathysphere
- What does bathysphere mean?
- Bathysphere means 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.
- What is bathysphere in Tamil?
- Bathysphere in Tamil is நீர்க்கோள், மூழ்கு கோளம், ஆழ்கடல் நீர்மூழ்கி கோளங்கள். See Bathysphere meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bathysphere?
- Bathysphere is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bathysphere?
- Bathysphere is pronounced /ˈbæθɪˌsfɪə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bathysphere?
- The plural of bathysphere is bathyspheres.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bathysphere (page history and authors); bathysphere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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