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Definitions of aquanaut in various dictionaries:
noun - an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder
noun - a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research
A person trained to live in underwater installations and conduct, assist in, or be a subject of scientific research.
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| Diver (a Pole) takes gold |
| ocean explorer |
| One exploring the sea at considerable depth |
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| Feb 17 2013 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
| Jan 12 2013 7 Little Words Daily Puzzle |
| Jan 12 2013 7 Little Words Daily Puzzle |
| Jul 1 2010 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
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| A scuba diver trained to work in underwater installations and conduct, assist in, or be a subject of scientific research. Also called oceanaut. |
| a person who swims under water using an aqualung. |
| A person who swims under water using an aqualung. |
| a skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research |
| an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder |
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An aquanaut is any person who remains underwater, breathing at the ambient pressure for long enough for the concentration of the inert components of the breathing gas dissolved in the body tissues to reach equilibrium, in a state known as saturation. Usually this is done in an underwater habitat on the seafloor for a period equal to or greater than 24 continuous hours without returning to the surface. The term is often restricted to scientists and academics, though there were a group of military aquanauts during the SEALAB program. Commercial Divers in similar circumstances are referred to as Saturation Divers. An aquanaut is distinct from a submariner, in that a submariner is confined to a moving underwater vehicle such as a submarine that holds the water pressure out. Aquanaut derives from the Latin word aqua ("water") plus the Greek nautes ("sailor"), by analogy to the similar construction "astronaut". * The first human aquanaut was Robert Sténuit, who spent 24 hours on board a tiny o |