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Undersea explorer
Answer for the clue "Undersea explorer ", 8 letters:
aquanaut
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1881, from aqua- + ending from Greek nautes "sailor" (see naval ).\n
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An underwater explorer.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder [syn: skin-diver ] a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research [syn: oceanaut ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An aquanaut is any person who remains underwater, breathing at the ambient pressure for long enough for the concentration of the inert components of the breathing gas dissolved in the body tissues to reach equilibrium, in a state known as saturation. Usually ...
Usage examples of aquanaut.
The spherical form was necessary to withstand the pressures on the suit at depth, either from the crushing weight of the deep sea or the controlled, one-atmosphere internal environment that surrounded the aquanaut wearing it.
Once the aquanaut was inside, the helmet was lowered onto the collar and attached.
As the strange underground aquanauts watched with unwinking eyes, the three men stepped into the pool.
Although they encountered many creatures that had not been seen before, the limits of visibility and the fact that neither of the intrepid aquanauts was a trained oceanographer meant they often weren’t able to describe their findings in the kind of detail that real scientists craved.
If the foolhardy aquanauts had happened to put to sea again from the island they had landed on by chance, they would have got further and further away from their home port.