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immersion suits

immersion suits is the plural of immersion suit.

Meaning of immersion suit

Noun

immersion suit (plural immersion suits)

  1. A kind of waterproof suit intended to protect the wearer from hypothermia if immersed in cold water or otherwise exposed after abandoning a vessel, especially in the open ocean.
    • The captain did a safety drill. This covered where the emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was located, how to make a mayday call, and where the fire extinguishers were. A crew member demonstrated how to put on an immersion suit. These survival suits are waterproof full-body garments...2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    survival suit

Questions about immersion suits

What is immersion suits the plural of?
Immersion suits is the plural of immersion suit.

Words near immersion suits in the dictionary

  1. immersion journalism
  2. immersion lens
  3. immersion lenses
  4. immersion oil
  5. immersion suit
  6. immersion suits
  7. immersional
  8. immersionism
  9. immersionist
  10. immersionists
  11. immersions

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