Explore Rebreather through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Rebreather meaning
A breathing apparatus that recycles expelled air, removing carbon dioxide and thus allowing extended use of a supply of air.
Using Rebreather
- The main meaning on this page is: A breathing apparatus that recycles expelled air, removing carbon dioxide and thus allowing extended use of a supply of air.
- In the example corpus, rebreather often appears in combinations such as: rebreather diver, rebreather and.
Context around Rebreather
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rebreather
- In this selection, "rebreather" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, oxygen, circuit, inspiration, diver, seen and recirculates stand out and add context to how "rebreather" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an inspiration rebreather seen from and an oxygen rebreather diver or. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rebreather" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rebreather
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
See "rebreather history" link below. (5 words)
The oldest practical rebreather relates to the 1849 patent from the Frenchman Pierre Aimable De Saint Simon Sicard. (18 words)
Rebreather diving is used by recreational, military and scientific divers where it can have advantages over open circuit scuba. (19 words)
The rebreather's economic use of gas, typically convert of oxygen per minute, allows dives of much longer duration for an equivalent gas supply than is possible with open circuit equipment where gas consumption may be ten times higher. (39 words)
Rebreathers An Inspiration rebreather seen from the front main A rebreather recirculates the breathing gas already used by the diver after replacing oxygen used by the diver and removing the carbon dioxide metabolic product. (34 words)
After that, the world's armed forces had less reason to requisition rebreather patents submitted by civilians, and sport diving automatic and semi-automatic mixture rebreathers start to appear. (29 words)
Example sentences (12)
Closed circuit rebreathers An oxygen rebreather diver or a fully closed circuit rebreather diver consumes about 1 litre of oxygen per minute.
Rebreathers An Inspiration rebreather seen from the front main A rebreather recirculates the breathing gas already used by the diver after replacing oxygen used by the diver and removing the carbon dioxide metabolic product.
Soon, Mr. Klifman pulled on his drysuit and fins, grabbed his rebreather and eased off the boat into Lake Huron.
After that, the world's armed forces had less reason to requisition rebreather patents submitted by civilians, and sport diving automatic and semi-automatic mixture rebreathers start to appear.
Rebreather divers and some open circuit scuba divers carry extra diving cylinders for bailout in case the main breathing gas supply is used up or malfunctions.
Rebreather diving is used by recreational, military and scientific divers where it can have advantages over open circuit scuba.
See "rebreather history" link below.
The oldest practical rebreather relates to the 1849 patent from the Frenchman Pierre Aimable De Saint Simon Sicard.
The Quad Damage power up from Quake is still present in Quake II and new power-ups include the Ammo Pack, Invulnerability, Bandolier, Enviro-Suit, Rebreather, and Silencer.
There are two main variants of rebreather semi-closed circuit rebreathers, and fully closed circuit rebreathers, which include the subvariant of oxygen rebreathers.
The rebreather's economic use of gas, typically convert of oxygen per minute, allows dives of much longer duration for an equivalent gas supply than is possible with open circuit equipment where gas consumption may be ten times higher.
The rebreather therefore recycles the exhaled oxygen, while constantly replenishing it from the supply so that the oxygen level does not get depleted.
Common combinations with rebreather
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: