subsea
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Definition of subsea
1 : existing or occurring below the surface of the sea subsea currents The island, an upthrust of volcanic rock, lies along the Norfolk Ridge, an 1,100-mile line of subsea mountains.— Michael Davie
2 : existing or occurring under the seafloor subsea oil wells
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