diving apparatus
1Diving — This article is about the sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically. For swimming below the surface of the water, see underwater diving. For other uses, see Dive (disambiguation). cliff diving redirects here. For other uses, see… …
2diving bell — a chamber with an open bottom in which persons can go underwater without special apparatus, water being excluded from the upper part by compressed air fed in by a hose. [1655 65] * * * small diving apparatus that is used to transport divers… …
3Diving platform — A diving platform or diving tower is a type of structure used for competitive diving. Competitive Diving Platform or Tower …
4diving bell — noun diving apparatus for underwater work; has an open bottom and is supplied with compressed air • Hypernyms: ↑submersible * * * noun, pl ⋯ bells [count] : a large container that is open at the bottom, filled with air, and lowered into deep… …
5diving bell — noun Date: 1661 a diving apparatus consisting of a container open only at the bottom and supplied with compressed air by a hose …
6Diving equipment — Surface supplied commercial diving equipment on display at a trade show Diving equipment is equipment used by underwater divers for the purpose of facilitating diving activities. This may be equipment primarily intended for this purpose, or… …
7Diving regulator — and Octopus Other names Demand valve Uses Reduces pressurized breathing gas to ambient pressure and delivers it to the diver Inventor Manuel Théodore Guillaumet (1838), Benoît Rouquayrol (1860) …
8Diving cylinder — Diving cylinders to be filled at a diving air compressor station …
9diving bell — [dīv′iŋ] n. a large, hollow, bell shaped apparatus supplied with air through a hose, in which persons can work underwater …
10Diving watch — Omega Seamaster model 2220.80, with a water resistance of 300 m (1,000 ft). The second crown (at 10 o clock) is a helium release valve. A diving watch is a watch designed for underwater diving that features, as a minimum, a water… …
