submersible
English
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Translations
able to be submerged
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Noun
submersible (plural submersibles)
- (Britain) A small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration.
- (Britain) A retroactive term used for non-nuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed "true submarines".
- (Britain) A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed "true submersibles", because they cannot retroactively declare that their non-nuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
- (US) A very small "baby" submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications. Slang synonyms: midget-submarine, anchor.
Translations
small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration
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non-nuclear submarine
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nuclear submarine
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very small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered
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French
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Further reading
- “submersible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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