submersible

Meanings

1. Able to be submerged.

1. A small nonmilitary, nonnuclear submarine for exploration.
2. A retroactive term used for nonnuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed true submarines.
3. 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. A very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications.
5. An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.

Etymology

From submerse + -ible.

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