bathyscaphe

noun

: a navigable submersible for deep-sea exploration having a spherical watertight cabin attached to its underside

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The dive, in 1960, was in the primitive bathyscaphe Trieste, now on display at a museum in Washington, DC. Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 The Trieste, as the bathyscaphe is known, touched down 35,814 feet beneath the ocean’s surface. U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French bathyscaphe, from bathy- bathy- + Greek skáphos "hull of a ship, ship"

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bathyscaphe was in 1947

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“Bathyscaphe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bathyscaphe. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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bathyscaphe

noun
: a ship that can be guided underwater for deep-sea exploration and has a round watertight cabin attached to its underside

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