Aqua-Lung

  

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Aqua-Lung

Definition: Aqua-Lung

Aqua-Lung

Noun

1. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus aqua fortis n : acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels aqua regia n : a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Aqua-Lung

Synonyms: aqualung (n), nitric acid (n), scuba (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Aqua-Lung

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Aqua-lung was the original name for the first open scuba diving equipment, developed by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau. See Timeline of underwater technology and scuba for details of this development.

Aqualung and Aqua Lung are registered trademarks for diving equipment. Aqualung is also the title of an album by rock band Jethro Tull, who had not at the time realised that the word was a trademark.

External Link

http://www.aqualung.com/

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aqua-Lung."

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Crosswords: Aqua-Lung

English words defined with "Aqua-Lung": scuba. (references)

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Modern Translation: Aqua-Lung

Language Translations for "Aqua-Lung"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

水肺 (aqualung, scuba). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aqua-lungay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Aqua-Lung

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-g-l-n-q-u-u"

-2 letters: laguna, ungual, ungula.

-3 letters: alang, lagan, lauan.

-4 letters: alan, alga, anal, anga, aqua, gala, gaun, guan, lang, luau, luna, lung, quag, ulan, ulna, unau.

-5 letters: aal, aga, ala, ana, gal, gan, gnu, gul, gun, lag, lug, nag, qua, ulu.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-g-l-n-q-u-u"
 

+3 letters: equiangular.

 

+4 letters: quadrangular.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Aqua-Lung


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 71 75 61 2D 4C 75 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110001 01110101 01100001 00101101 01001100 01110101 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#113 &#117 &#97 &#45 &#76 &#117 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0071 0075 0061 002D 004C 0075 006E 0067

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

358387671546878073

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Aqua-Lung"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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