from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A portable apparatus having a container with compressed air, a regulator that is equipped with a mouthpiece and adjusts the pressure of the released air to match the surrounding pressure, and often a buoyancy compensator, used for breathing under water.
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noun An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding a mixture of oxygen and other gases, used for breathing underwater.
verb rare To perform scuba diving.
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noun a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Acronym of self-containedunderwaterbreathingapparatus
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While the term scuba stands for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, the scuba diving kit consists of more than an air tank, facemask and a mouthpiece on a hose.
While the term scuba stands for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, the scuba diving kit consists of more than an air tank, facemask and a mouthpiece on a hose.
A scientist and doctor who invented a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus used by the military in World War II and later coined the term "scuba," an acronym by which such systems are widely known.
A scientist and doctor who invented a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus used by the military in World War II and later coined the term "scuba," an acronym by which such systems are widely known.
Getting certified in scuba can be pricey, averaging ~$300 for training and certification, figure another ~$100 for theopen water dive course, pricey equipment if you decide to invest in owning, and also pricey if you rent.
So I'll just post the winner's future perfect tense tale replete with a dancing bear (belatedly known as Cuthbert) having sex in scuba gear behind the cut.
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Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
February 28, 2007