| 单词 | saturation diving |
| 释义 | saturation divingnouna method of prolonged diving, using an underwater habitat to allow divers to remain in the high-pressure environment of the ocean depths long enough for their body tissues to become saturated with the inert components of the pressurized gas mixture that they breathe: when this condition is reached, the amount of time required for decompression remains the same, whether the dive lasts a day, a week, or a month. Origin of saturation divingFirst recorded in 1965–70 OTHER WORDS FROM saturation divingsaturation dive, nounWords nearby saturation divingsaturated liquid, saturated vapor, saturater, saturation, saturation bombing, saturation diving, saturation index, saturation level, saturation point, saturator, Saturday Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for saturation divingsaturation diving nouna method of diving in which divers live in a complex of decompression chambers for up to 28 days, going to work via a diving bell, and only decompressing at the end of the period. Helium is substituted for nitrogen in the air supply to avoid the narcotic effects of nitrogen Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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