bottom time

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bottom time [′bäd·əm ‚tīm]

(oceanography)

In an operation involving diving by personnel, the total time of a dive measured from the moment the diver passes below the water surface until the beginning of the ascent.

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No references found			Navy created the dive tables more than 30 years ago, and they provide information to the diver on nitrogen gas absorption based on depth and bottom time (time spent underwater not counting the ascent). Decompression sickness and dive tables by Capek, Kenneth / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine Prior to going under, you and your buddy should know the max depth you will go, the amount of bottom time you'll have and how much air you will start to ascend with. Follow These 8 Scuba Diving Rules for a Safe Dive by Dianne Rein / Travel, recreation and leisure community From maximizing bottom time to calculating complex dive plans without compromising safety, these wrist computers are invaluable. Scuba Diving Computers Required by J Allen / Sports and fitness community			bottom fermentation bottom flow bottom heave bottom hold-down bottom hole bottom ice bottom lateral bracing bottom line bottom load bottom loading pressure bottom moraine bottom pillar bottom plate bottom quark bottom rail bottom register bottom rot bottom sampler bottom sediment bottom settlings bottom shore bottom steam bottom stone bottom tap bottom terrace bottom time bottom water bottom wiper plug Bottom, Nick bottom-hole assembly bottom-hole cash bottom-hole choke bottom-hole packer bottom-hole plug Bottom-hole Pressure bottom-hole pressure bomb bottom-hole pump bottom-hole samples bottom-hole separator bottom-hole temperature bottom-unique bottom-up analysis bottom-up implementation bottom-up model bottom-up testing bottomed hole BottomFeeder bottoming drill bottomland bottomless hole Bottomless Lakes State Park			Bottom Pressure Recorder bottom quark bottom quark bottom rail Bottom Reflected Acoustic Sonar System Bottom Reflection bottom register Bottom Right Corner Bottom Right Side bottom rot bottom rot bottom rot fungus bottom round bottom sampler bottom sediment Bottom Sediment and Water bottom settlings Bottom sharking bottom shore Bottom Solids & Water Bottom Sounding bottom steam bottom stone bottom sweep bottom tap bottom terrace bottom time Bottom Up Bottom Up Approach to Investing Bottom Up Equity Management Style Bottom Up Investing Bottom Up Planning Bottom Up Review Bottom Up Review Update Bottom Up Working Group Bottom Water bottom wiper plug Bottom's Up Bottom, Nick bottom-dweller Bottom-dwelling Bottom-dwelling Bottom-feeder Bottom-feeder Bottom-feeder bottom-feeding bottom-feeding bottom-feeding bottom-fishing bottom-hole assembly bottom-hole cash bottom-hole choke bottom-hole packer bottom-hole plug bottom-hole pressure bottom-hole pressure bomb

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