ALL meanings of bathysphere
bath·y·sphere
B b - noun bathysphere a strong steel deep-sea diving sphere, lowered by cable 3
- noun bathysphere a round, watertight observation chamber lowered by cables into the sea to a depth of c. 900 m (c. 2,950 ft) 3
- noun bathysphere A manned spherical chamber for deep-sea observation, lowered by cable from a ship. 1
- noun bathysphere a spherical diving apparatus from which to study deep-sea life, lowered into the ocean depths by a cable. 1
- noun bathysphere 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. 0