to dive without breathing apparatus

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• skin-dive — I noun underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel • Syn: ↑skin diving • Hypernyms: ↑swimming, ↑swim • Hyponyms: ↑scuba diving, ↑snorkeling …   Useful english dictionary

• Underwater diving — This article refers to underwater diving by humans. For other uses of the term diving, see dive and diving Underwater diving is the practice of going underwater with or without breathing apparatus. Recreational diving is a popular activity (also… …   Wikipedia

• Spearfishing — Spearfisherman redirects here. For the former diving gear company see Spearfisherman (company). Spearfishing is a form of fishing that has been popular throughout the world for centuries. Early civilizations are familiar with the custom of… …   Wikipedia

• Snorkeling — (British spelling: snorkelling) is the practice of swimming at the surface of a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped tube called a snorkel, and usually swimfins. In cooler waters, a wetsuit may also be worn. Combining these… …   Wikipedia

• Philippe Tailliez — (15 June 1905, Malo les Bains 2002, Toulon) was a friend and colleague of Jacques Cousteau. This underwater pioneer, who had been diving since the 1930s, died on 26 September 2002, in Toulon, France. Biography His father Félix Tailliez, a career… …   Wikipedia

• Taravana — is a disease among Polynesian island natives who habitually dive deep without breathing apparatus many times in close succession, usually for food or pearls. [cite book |last=Rahn |first=H. |coauthors=Yokoyama, T. |title=Physiology of Breath Hold …   Wikipedia

• Scuba set — A scuba diver in usual sport diving gear A scuba set is an independent breathing set that provides a scuba diver with the breathing gas necessary to breathe underwater during scuba diving. It is much used for sport diving and some sorts of work… …   Wikipedia

• Timeline of diving technology — This is a timeline of underwater technology. The entries marked ## are about decompression tables.[1] Contents 1 Pre industrial 2 19th century 2.1 Rebreathers appear …   Wikipedia

• Rebreather — A fully closed circuit electronic rebreather (Ambient Pressure Diving Inspiration) Acronym CCUBA (Closed Circuit Underwater Breathing Apparatus); CCR (Closed circuit rebreather), SCR (Semi closed rebreather) Uses Breathing set …   Wikipedia

• Diving regulator — and Octopus Other names Demand valve Uses Reduces pressurized breathing gas to ambient pressure and delivers it to the diver Inventor Manuel Théodore Guillaumet (1838), Benoît Rouquayrol (1860) …   Wikipedia

• Frogman — This article is about a type of military diver. For other uses, see Frogman (disambiguation). A French frogman with bag on chest rebreather with 2 breathing tubes (model Oxygers , 1957) …   Wikipedia