buoyancy belt
1Buoyancy aid — Buoyancy aids are a specialist form of personal flotation device (PFD) used most commonly by kayakers and canoeists. They are designed as a flotation aid, rather than a life saving device and have several key differences to other PFD s and life… …
2Belt armor — is a layer of armor plating outside the hull of warships, typically on battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers and some aircraft carriers. [those converted from other warships] Typically the belt covered from the deck down someway below the… …
3Buoyancy compensator (diving) — Stab jacket redirects here. For a type of body armor, see stab vest. A buoyancy compensator (or buoyancy control device, BC or BCD) is a piece of diving equipment worn by divers to provide: * life saving emergency buoyancy both underwater and on… …
4weight belt — Scuba Diving. a belt worn to control a diver s buoyancy under water, on which slotted lead weights can be slipped according to the diver s body size and weight and having a quick release buckle for emergency discarding. [1950 55] * * * n. a belt… …
5weight-belt — /ˈweɪt bɛlt/ (say wayt belt) noun a belt with weights attached worn by divers to counteract buoyancy …
6weight belt — Scuba Diving. a belt worn to control a diver s buoyancy under water, on which slotted lead weights can be slipped according to the diver s body size and weight and having a quick release buckle for emergency discarding. [1950 55] * * * …
7Diving weighting system — Weight belt redirects here. For the belt used to support the torso during strength training, see weight lifting belt. A bag weight belt and a traditional weight belt Divers wear weighting systems, weight belts or weights, generally made of lead,… …
8plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …
9Buddy check — The buddy check is a procedure carried out by SCUBA divers using the buddy system where each diver checks that the other s diving equipment is configured and functioning correctly just before the start of the dive. [Sport Diving, p118,123,… …
10climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …