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Definition of Aqualung
1. Noun. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
Generic synonyms: Breathing Apparatus, Breathing Device, Breathing Machine, Ventilator
Terms within: Cylinder, Oxygen Mask
Language type: Trademark
Definition of Aqualung
1. Noun. A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater at depth. ¹
2. Verb. To scuba dive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aqualung
1. an underwater breathing apparatus -- a trademark [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aqualung
Literary usage of Aqualung
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sex Offenderby Barbara K. Schwartz, Henry R. Cellini by Barbara K. Schwartz, Henry R. Cellini (2002)
"On Jethro Tull: aqualung. New York: Chrysalis Records. Anson, RH, & Hancock,
BW (1992). Crowding, proximity, inmate violence, and the eighth amendment. ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1887)
"... its architectural effect is stupendous, but the human figures, the aqualung,
contorted little antics that are playing at being frightened, like children ..."
3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1862)
"... and wonders how the poor man can be happy eating bread and cheese with his
aqualung children. It its a world of compensations, and Mrs. Gore had the ..."
4. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTechnology (1992)
"The original two-stage regulator is the double-hose model similar to the original
aqualung developed by Gagnon and Cousteau in 1943, in which both pressure ..."
5. Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada by Jameson (Anna) (1839)
"Men are smoking; women nursing, washing, sewing; children aqualung and roiling
about. The ladies' saloon and upper deck exhibit a very different scene: ..."
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