semisubmersible
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i noun
1.
Also called semisubmersible rig. a self-propelled barge that is mounted on partially submerged legs supported by underwater pontoons, rides at anchor, and serves as a work base and living quarters in deep offshore drilling operations.
adjective
2.
of, for, or pertaining to a semisubmersible.
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Example sentences
The marine riser connector would not disengage in order that the semisubmersible rig could be moved off location.
When fitted with a drilling package, they may be called semisubmersible drilling rigs.
Self-propelled semisubmersible vessels are maritime vessels used by traffickers to transport illicit drugs.
Several years ago an anchor-handling vessel was trying to recover a lost anchor for a semisubmersible drilling rig.
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