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Definition of Submarine

Submarine A submarine boat; esp., Nav., a submarine torpedo boat; -- called specif. submergible submarine when capable of operating at various depths and of traveling considerable distances under water, and submersible submarine when capable of being only partly submerged, i.e., so that the conning tower, etc., is still above water. The latter type and most of the former type are submerged as desired by regulating the amount of water admitted to the ballast tanks and sink on an even keel; some of the former type effect submersion while under way by means of horizontal rudders, in some cases also with admission of water to the ballast tanks. Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants. A submarine plant or animal. Related Definitions: Above, Acting, Admission, Admitted, Also, Amount, An, And, Animal, Are, As, At, Ballast, Being, Boat, By, Called, Capable, Conning, Considerable, Desired, Effect, Even, Former, Growing, Horizontal, In, Is, Keel, Latter, Most, Of, On, Only, Operating, Or, Partly, Plant, Regulating, Sea, Sink, So, Some, Still, Submarine, Submerged, Submersion, That, The, To, Torpedo, Tower, Traveling, Type, Under, Various, Water, Way, When, While, With

Submarine Quotations I think that one of the nice things about the Yellow Submarine movie is that it seems to be perennial. People enjoy watching from each generation. And it was like the Beatles themselves. You know the Beatles seem to find new audience each time another generation comes along. George Martin I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea. H. G. Wells In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine. J. William Fulbright If you're trying to get someone who's sick with a fever off of a submarine and it's cold and raining outside, the only way in and out of a submarine, generally, is through a fairly narrow hatch. Laurel Clark The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim. Edsger Dijkstra

Submarine Translations submarine in German is U-Boot submarine in Italian is sommergibile submarine in Spanish is submarino

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