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Definition: Diving Bell |
Diving BellNoun1. Diving apparatus for underwater work; has an open bottom and is supplied with compressed air. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A watertight, bell-shaped steel chamber that can be lowered to or raised from a freshwater or seawater bed by a crane. It is open at the bottom and filled with compressed air, so that persons can prepare foundations andundertake similar construction work underwater. (references) |
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Crosswords: Diving Bell |
| English words defined with "diving bell": Water spider. (references) |
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Books | |
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 | An early diving bell used by 16th Century divers during salvage operations. The book this came from is a text on ship salvage and includes diving information. In: Regola generale di soleuare ogni fondata naue & nauilii con ragione" by Niccolo Tartaglia. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Diving bell serves as a transport and refuge for divers. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | 16th century painting of Alexander the Great, lowered in a glass diving bell. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
diving bell | 12 |
the diving bell the butterfly | 6 |
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| Language | Translations for "diving bell"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кесон (caisson, coffer, panel), водолазен звънец. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dykkerklokke (caisson, living chamber, mobile caisson), bevaegelig saenkekasse (mobile caisson). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | duikerklok (diving-bell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cloche de plongée (diving-bell), cloche plongeurs, cloche plongeur, caisson-cloche, caisson mobile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Taucherglocke (mobile caisson). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κινητό κιβώτιο (mobile caisson), κινητό καισόν (mobile caisson), καταδυτικός κώδωνας, καταδυτικό κουδούνι, βυθιζόμενη μεταλλική καμπάνα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | búvárharang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cassone mobile (mobile caisson), campana di immersione, campana da palombaro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | clag thummee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivingday ellbay sino de mergulhador (diving-bell). (various references) водолазный колокол. (various references) ronilačko zvono. (various references) campana de inmersion, campana de buceador, campana (bell, bell glass, bell jar, bonnet, campane, crossbeam, hood, suction apparatus), cajón móvil (mobile caisson). (various references) dykarklocka. (various references) dalma çanı, dalgıç hücresi (bell). (various references) водолазний дзвін. (various references) suddgloch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-g-i-i-l-l-n-v" | |
-1 letter: devilling. | |
-2 letters: bielding, deviling, libeling. | |
-3 letters: belling, billing, delving, eliding, gillied, veiling, villein. | |
-4 letters: biding, bilged, billed, billie, bindle, binged, dieing, dingle, divine, diving, engild, gilled, gillie, idling, lilied, living, nielli, nilled. | |
-5 letters: begin, being, bield, bilge, bindi, binge, blend, blind, blini, deign, devil, dinge, gelid, genii, gibed, given, glide, indie, ingle, ivied, levin, libel. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-g-i-i-l-l-n-v" | |
+1 letter: bedevilling. | |
+2 letters: bedrivelling. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 76 69 6E 67 42 65 6C 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110110 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01000010 01100101 01101100 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i v i n g   B e l l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0076 0069 006E 0067 0042 0065 006C 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387588758073236717878 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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