predive

adj, adv — 2 senses

predive

adj

Etymology From pre- + dive.

1

Before a dive.

“Vessel prep” had been completed at dawn, so after a pre-dive briefing, I climbed a ladder to the top hatch of the sub, took off my boots and clambered into the tube2019, Tony Perrottet, “A Deep Dive Into the Plans to Take Tourists to the ‘Titanic’”, in Smithsonian Magazine:

predive

adv

Etymology From pre- + dive.

1

Before a dive

Each of the divers was tested seven times--twice predive in the chamber, three times during the dive, and twice postdive, with one to several days separating the administrations.1981, Helen M. Paulson, Alma P. Ryan, The F-M 100-Hue Test For Assessing the Effect of Oxygen on Color Vision, U.S. Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, page 3:

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