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bə noun
1.
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
2.
verb (used without object)
3.
Origin:
1950–55; s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)
1950–55; s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)
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| —n | |
| a. an apparatus used in skindiving, consisting of a cylinder or cylinders containing compressed air attached to a breathing apparatus | |
| b. (as modifier): scuba diving | |
| [C20: from the initials of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus] | |
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Scuba
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
scuba
1952, acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| scuba self-contained underwater breathing apparatus |
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Example sentences
Snorkelers and scuba divers trample on the reefs, sometimes breaking off chunks of coral as souvenirs.
Besides, while scuba diving is a fun approximation of free fall, it's still not the real thing.
More information on scuba diving is available on their web site or from local scuba shops in the area.
As a scuba diver, this would give me more bottom time, and a more efficient way of doing the various stages of my dive.
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