semisubmersible

adjective

semi·sub·mers·ible | \ ˌse-mē-səb-ˈmər-sə-bəl

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, ˌse-ˌmī-, -mi- \

Definition of semisubmersible

: being a floating deepwater drilling platform that is towed to a desired location and then partially flooded for stabilization and usually anchored

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Recent Examples on the Web 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 27 Jun. 2022.

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