| 单词 | saturation diving |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaturation diving saturation diving n. a technique of diving used esp. for prolonged work in deep water, in which saturation of the diver's body tissues with inert gases (usually helium or a mixture of helium and nitrogen) is carried out prior to the dive and maintained throughout it, allowing a single period of decompression at the end.Saturation diving sometimes entails living underwater for as long as several weeks. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > underwater swimming urination1697 diving1743–5 skin-diving1905 free-diving1948 scuba1952 aqualunging1953 goggle-diving1953 sub-aqua1957 snorkelling1959 scuba-diving1962 saturation diving1965 saturated diving1967 scubaing1973 1965 Def. Industry Bull. Nov. (verso front cover) The experiment utilized a new technique called saturation diving, which means that the divers' bodies became saturated with high pressure gas. 1974 Daily Tel. 22 Feb. 7/6 Bone necrosis is a growing fear connected with saturation diving. 2014 Sunday Express (Nexis) 7 Sept. (Features section) 57 Jacques Cousteau and his aquanauts first created a camp for living underwater in the 1960s,..proving that saturation diving was safe. < as lemmas |
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