scuba n : a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus [syn: aqualung, Aqua-Lung]

English

Etymology

Acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːbə

Noun

1. An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding a mixture of oxygen and other gases, used for breathing underwater.

Derived terms

• scuba diver
• scuba diving
• scuba set

Scuba is an acronym for self contained underwater breathing apparatus. It may refer to:

• Scuba diving, the use of a self-contained breathing set to stay underwater for periods of time
• Scuba set, the equipment used to do scuba diving
• Scuba (Transformers) - a fictional character in the Transformers fictional universe
• Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array, an instrument used on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

Aqua-Lung, air cylinder, aquascope, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, bathyscaphe, bathysphere, benthoscope, breath, breath of air, breathing, broken wind, cough, diving bell, diving boat, diving chamber, diving goggles, diving helmet, diving hood, diving mask, diving suit, exhalation, expiration, exsufflation, gasp, gulp, hack, hiccup, inhalation, inhalator, inspiration, insufflation, iron lung, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, periscope, puff, respiration, sigh, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snoring, snorkel, snuff, snuffle, sternutation, stertor, submarine, suspiration, swim fins, wet suit, wheeze, wind