undersea

adjective

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un·der·sea | \ ˌən-dər-ˈsē

Definition of undersea

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : being or carried on under the sea or under the surface of the sea undersea oil deposits undersea fighting

2 : designed for use under the surface of the sea an undersea fleet

undersea

adverb

variants: or underseas \ ˌən-dər-ˈsēz

Definition of undersea (Entry 2 of 2)

: under the sea : beneath the surface of the sea photographs taken undersea

Examples of undersea in a Sentence

Adjective They are conducting undersea research.

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Geopolitics aside, the United States needs to know just how the USS Connecticut’s accident is likely to stress America’s undersea industrial base. — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021 Manufacturing a smartphone, tablet or computer as well as the network that supports them consumes considerable resources — everything from mining rare minerals to laying undersea cables for high-speed internet. — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2020 The job encompasses everything from submarines and undersea internet cables to secret space planes and reconnaissance satellites in geosynchronous orbit. — Garrett M. Graff, Wired, 26 May 2020 Its broad slopes dip by about one degree from the middle toward the edges, whereas a typical undersea volcano has a decline of five to 10 degrees. — William W. Sager, Scientific American, 1 May 2020 They all are found amid the colorful corals and sponges and magnificent undersea formations. — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2020 The ocean is normally a fairly noisy place, with the sounds of happy dolphins, lonely whales and diesel-chugging ships saturating the undersea world. — Eric Niiler, Wired, 28 Feb. 2020 Two of the undersea cables that connect South Africa to the global network are again suffering outages, dragging down mobile and landline data speeds nationwide. — Brian Browdie, Quartz Africa, 30 Mar. 2020 Space, undersea, going after undersea cables, for example, and also cyber. — CBS News, 11 Mar. 2020

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