scuba gear

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gear
noun
uk
/ɡɪər/us
/ɡɪr/
a device, often consisting of connecting sets of wheels with teeth (= points) around the edge, that controls how much power from an engine goes to the moving parts of ...
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Spearfishing withscubagearis widespread among recreational divers.
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Bean proceeded with exercises in regularscubagear.
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Ironically, thescubagearbelonged to the trapped sailor.
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Spearfishing withscubagearis illegal and the use of power heads as well.
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You will have caught enough fish to rent thescubagear.
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Regularscubagearis also far simpler, and thus safer, with less to go wrong.
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An invisible web of thin fishing lines, which can easily snagscubagear, provides more danger.
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They make a variety ofscubagearincluding buoyancy compensator jackets and diving rebreathers.
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They carried the closed-circuit, militaryscubagearin their luggage and passed customs without raising suspicion.
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Pua can only be caught by free-diving; it is illegal to catch pua usingscubagear.
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They find out that the access corridor to the bunker is filled with water, and they needscubagear.
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One of these mines was explored in 1966 usingscubagear, but the deeper passages were not fully explored.
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No signs ofscubagear, surfing equipment, or swimsuits were found, and his car was not in the vicinity.
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The engineer recce's can operate withscubagearand makes them perfect to operate in and close to water.
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He can dive underwater and stay under indefinitely using hisscubagear, and is the only one who can pilot rowing boats.
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More than 250 homes were heavily flooded and rescuers requiredscubagear, inflatable rafts and amphibious vehicles to reach the most severely flooded areas.
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Taking advantage of this knowledge, they use the plants as a sort ofscubagearand continue their journey into the water.
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Another common cause when wreck diving is from exhaled bubbles fromscubageardisturbing overhead surfaces and making loose rust particles sink down from above.
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This may be compared to fullscubagear, which includes a buoyancy compensator, weights, cylinder and often more, and can weigh in excess of 27 kg.
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It is also used as an oxygen source by reacting it with carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and sodium carbonate; it is thus particularly useful inscubagear, submarines, etc.
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