Meaning

3 senses
  1. A specialised marine vessel with good stability and seakeeping characteristics, often used in offshore roles such as oil drilling.

  2. A tourist vessel that rides low in the water, with the majority of the vehicle submerged, with underwater windows.

  3. A low-freeboard vessel, capable of being incidentally submerged, with the majority of the hull located underwater.

Origin

From semi- + submersible.

From semi- + submersible.

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