semisubmersible
adjective
semi·sub·mers·ible
ˌse-mē-səb-ˈmər-sə-bəl 
ˌse-ˌmī-,
-mi-
: being a floating deepwater drilling platform that is towed to a desired location and then partially flooded for stabilization and usually anchored
semisubmersible
noun
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About 80 percent of projects plan to use semisubmersible platforms, structures that float partly underwater and are moored to the seabed via chains.
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IEEE Spectrum, 12 May 2023
Gazelle Wind Power The company’s unique design combines the best features of semisubmersible and tension-leg platforms.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 May 2023
To get an even closer look, clamber into a semisubmersible vessel and view the ocean from a few feet below the surface, or strap on an undersea helmet (complete with speakers and an air-supply hose) and stroll on the seafloor with a biologist guide.
—Emily Elert, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2012
But capacity wasn’t the point: This was the first time anyone had put a multimegawatt turbine on a semisubmersible platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
—Judith Lewis Mernit, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2021
The platform pictured is a semisubmersible production facility, not a drilling platform.
—New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
Psubs members have been tracking the development of the drug runners’ semisubmersible creations for years.
—Jim Popkin, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2011
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IEEE Spectrum, 12 May 2023
Gazelle Wind Power The company’s unique design combines the best features of semisubmersible and tension-leg platforms.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 May 2023
To get an even closer look, clamber into a semisubmersible vessel and view the ocean from a few feet below the surface, or strap on an undersea helmet (complete with speakers and an air-supply hose) and stroll on the seafloor with a biologist guide.
—Emily Elert, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2012
But capacity wasn’t the point: This was the first time anyone had put a multimegawatt turbine on a semisubmersible platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
—Judith Lewis Mernit, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2021
The platform pictured is a semisubmersible production facility, not a drilling platform.
—New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
Psubs members have been tracking the development of the drug runners’ semisubmersible creations for years.
—Jim Popkin, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2011
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“Semisubmersible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semisubmersible. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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