a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
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aqualung::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aqua-lung, scuba |
| Type of | breathing apparatus, breathing device, breathing machine, ventilator |
Examples of aqualung
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It traps the air in a web that it carries around underwater like an aqualung.
From the newscientist.com
They made an early make of single-hose aqualung that had a fullface mask as standard.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Mediterranean underwater archaeology really began with the invention of the aqualung in 1943.
From the newscientist.com
Norman also emerged from a lake at the course in aqualung gear.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
If this goes off you will need an aqualung to visit Westminster.
From the newscientist.com
Aqualung came to the nation's attention when their 2003 track Strange and Beautiful was used in a car advert.
From the theargus.co.uk
The first open-circuit industrial breathing sets were designed by modifying the design of the Cousteau aqualung.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The spider traps the air within a bell-shaped silken web that it constructs underwater and carries around like an aqualung.
From the newscientist.com
Another optional extra was a mouthpiece that also had a snorkel attached and a valve to switch between aqualung and snorkel.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
- Aqualung is the eponymous debut album by Aqualung, released on September 30, 2002 on the B-Unique label. It reached #15 in the UK albums chart and went gold in December 2002.
- Aqualung is the fourth studio album by the rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1971. It was their first album with John Evan as a full-time member, their first with new bassist Jeffrey Hammond and last album featuring Clive Bunker on drums.
- Matthew "Matt" Hales (born 17 January 1972), better known as Aqualung, is an English singer and songwriter best known in the UK for his song "Strange and Beautiful", which was featured on a television advertisement for the new Volkswagen New Beetle during the summer of 2002 and went on to become ...
- "Aqualung" is a song by English progressive rock band Jethro Tull, being the opening title track from their first U.S. Top 10 album, Aqualung, which reached #7 in June, 1971. The song was written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson, and his then-wife Jennie Franks.
- A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater at depth; To scuba dive
- The original name for the first open-circuit SCUBA diving equipment, developed by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau in 1942. It consists of a high pressure diving cylinder and a diving regulator that supplies the diver with breathing gas at ambient pressure, via a demand valve. ...
- A device invented by Captain Jacques Cousteau in 1943 to enable a diver to operate underwater independent from an air supply from the surface.
