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  2. Glossary of underwater diving terminology - Wikipedia

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    This is a glossary of technical terms, jargon, diver slang and acronyms used in underwater diving.The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving.

  3. Glossary of underwater diving terminology: D–G - Wikipedia

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    Repetitive dive which is shallower than the previous dive. [56] Multilevel dive in which a later level is shallower than an earlier level. [56] forward roll entry. See: Scuba skills#Entries. Water entry technique used by scuba divers from a boat or platform too high or unsuitable for backward roll entry. The diver bends forward at the hips and ...

  4. Glossary of underwater diving terminology: P–S - Wikipedia

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    The level 1 "Supervised Diver" has sufficient knowledge, skill and experience to dive, in open water, to a recommended maximum depth of 12 m, which do not require in-water decompression stops, under the direct supervision of a dive leader, in groups of up to four level 1 scuba divers per dive leader provided the dive leader is capable of ...

  5. Underwater diving environment - Wikipedia

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    The common term for a place at which one may dive is a dive site (from "dive" and "site", meaning "the place, scene, or point of an occurrence or event". [64]) As a general rule, professional diving is done where the work needs to be done, and recreational diving is done where conditions are suitable.

  6. Underwater diving - Wikipedia

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    For example, a medical statement or examination for fitness, pre-dive site assessment and briefing, safety drills, thermal protection, equipment redundancy, alternative air source, buddy checks, buddy or team diving procedures, dive planning, use of dive computers to monitor and record the dive profile and decompression status, underwater hand ...

  7. Scuba diving - Wikipedia

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    Recreational scuba diver The undersea kelp forest of Anacapa Island off of the coast of Oxnard, California Diver looking at a shipwreck in the Caribbean Sea. Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance. [1]

  8. Glossary of surfing - Wikipedia

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    Duck dive: Pushing the board underwater, nose first, and diving under an oncoming wave instead of riding it; Fade: On take-off, aiming toward the breaking part of the wave, before turning sharply and surfing in the direction the wave is breaking, a maneuver to stay in the hottest or best part of the wave [2]

  9. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...