submersible
submersible adjective: able to be submerged.
Adjective
submersible
- Able to be submerged.
Noun
submersible (plural submersibles)
- A small nonmilitary, nonnuclear submarine for exploration.
- A retroactive term used for nonnuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed true submarines.
- A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed true submersibles, because they cannot retroactively declare that their nonnuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
- A very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications.
- Synonyms:
- anchor, midget-submarine
- An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.
submersible meaning in Bengali and Arabic
submersible in Bengali
- নিমজ্জনযোগ্য
submersible in Arabic
- small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration
- غَطَّاسَة ḡaṭṭāsa, غَاطِسَة ḡāṭisa
Synonyms of submersible
Forms of submersible
| plural | submersibles |
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Origin of submersible
From submerse + -ible.
Words formed from submersible
Questions about submersible
- What does submersible mean?
- Submersible means able to be submerged.
- What is submersible in Bengali?
- Submersible in Bengali is নিমজ্জনযোগ্য. See Submersible meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is submersible?
- Submersible can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near submersible in the dictionary
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