submersible

1. (UK)A small nonmilitary, nonnuclear submarine for exploration.

2. (UK)A retroactive term used for nonnuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed true submarines.

3. (UK)A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed true submersibles, because they cannot retroactively declare that their nonnuclear submarines should be called by a different name.

4. (US)A very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications.

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5. An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.

1. It was the first submersible to implode in the history of humanity.

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2. A big ship, like a large airplane, has an enormous reynolds number; airships and low-mass submersibles are quite different.

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3. Our submersible is much larger, but designed with just as much care as the Titan.

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