This page gathers the 53 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Diving”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples.
- aerophore noun A predecessor of the aqualung, invented by Benoit Rouquayrol and Auguste Denayrouze 1865
- ai noun Initialism of air integration.
- air hose noun A hose for conveying air from the surface or from an air tank to a diver.
- air integration noun A feature on dive computers that measures, displays, and monitors pressure in one or more diving cylinders.
- aqualung noun A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
- ASC noun Abbreviation of ascent time.
- backplate noun A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
- backwards roll noun entry into the water while seated on the side of the boat with the water behind the diver
- bailout noun A backup supply of air in scuba diving.
- belly flop noun A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.
- bend noun A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- bends noun Synonym of decompression sickness.
- bottom time noun The total amount of time, calculated in minutes, from the beginning of a descent underwater to the beginning of an ascent above-water.
- buddy breathe verb To share a single demand valve and thus reduce the amount of breathing gas used up by each diver during an emergency rescue.
- cannonball noun The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash…
- deco noun Decompression.
- deep dive noun An act of deep diving.
- distance line noun a rope used by scuba divers as a means of returning to a safe starting point in conditions of low visibility, water currents or where…
- DM noun Initialism of divemaster.
- equalization noun Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
- equalize verb To clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
- facemask noun A diving mask.
- freeflow noun In scuba diving, the situation where the diving regulator continues to supply air instead of cutting off the supply when the diver stops…
- gainer noun A diving or gymnastics maneuver, from a high diving board or platform, involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.
- giant stride noun entry into the water in a standing position
- half-pike noun A position with the knees straight and the body bent at the waist so that the torso is perpendicular to the legs.
- helium descrambler noun An electronic device that lowers the pitch of speech, to compensate for the high-pitched speech of someone breathing in a helium atmosphere…
- hookah noun A tankless surface air compressor pump and umbilical piping system that supplies air to a diving mask.
- hypoxic adj Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains less than 21% oxygen.
- jack-knife noun The front-dive pike, in which the body folds and unfolds.
- jackstay noun A line fixed at both ends, which may be used to guide a load or a diver along the route of the line. Uses include guidance to and from the…
- lifeline noun A line from the diver to a tender at the surface control point.
- manu noun A method of diving similar to a cannonball/bomb but with the lower back entering the water first, causing a large splash.
- narc verb To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving).
- nitrox noun A mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, the nitrogen content being lower than that of normal air, which is used in place of air as a breathing…
- normoxic adj Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains 21% oxygen, the same amount as in normal air.
- occy noun An octopus (safety device).
- octopus noun A safety device allowing divers to share an air supply in an emergency.
- pike verb To assume a pike position.
- pony bottle noun A small diving cylinder fitted with an independent regulator, used as a backup in case of emergency.
- rebreather noun A breathing apparatus that recycles expelled air, removing carbon dioxide and thus allowing extended use of a supply of air.
- rip entry noun A type of entry into the water when diving from a platform or springboard where no splash results after the entire body has entered the…
- safety stop noun A diver's pause at a certain depth when ascending, to prevent decompression sickness.
- scooter noun Synonym of diver propulsion vehicle.
- scuba noun An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver…
- scuba set noun The set of equipment required by a scuba diver to be at ease when submerged for extended periods of time. Modern equipment sets include…
- snorkel noun A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater.
- surface interval noun time spent outside the water (i.e. on the surface) between underwater dives. This time is considered when calculating decompression…
- swan dive noun A forward dive performed with an arched back, the legs together, starting with arms outstretched when jumping, bringing them over the head…
- tender noun A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- trim noun The horizontal position of an underwater diver
- tuck noun A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
- twinset noun A pair of cylinders containing air for the diver to breathe.