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n. - Spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration.

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Usage examples (36)
  • The bathysphere is currently on display at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island, New York.
  • Perhaps the "bathysphere" in question belongs to this fellow:
  • This "bathysphere" bike owner is even more pathetic than the Mini Tool.
  • A revolutionary vehicle, a "bathysphere," designed and built by the pair following a sketch by Theodore Roosevelt, had made the voyage possible.
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