NationMaster - Encyclopedia: SCUBA

Scuba diving, the use of a self-contained breathing set to stay underwater for periods of time.
Scuba set, the equipment used to do scuba diving.
Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array, an instrument used on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

With respect to SCUBA diving, SCUBA is an acronym standing for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. Scuba divers. ... SCUBA is an acronym for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. ... The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) is a 15-metre submillimetre-wavelength telescope at Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii. ...

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	Most modern open-circuit scuba sets have a diving regulator consisting of a first stage pressure reducing valve that is sealed over the diving cylinder's output valve, and the second stage "demand valve"; at the mouthpiece, with a thin pressure hose linking the two stages.
	In modern scuba sets, a buoyancy compensator, such as a back-mounted wing or stabiliser jacket (otherwise known as a 'stab jacket'), is built into the scuba set harness.
	A predecessor to scuba gear, the Momson lung, was used as emergency escape gear by WWII submariners.

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