immersion suit

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immersion suit

noun immersion suits

A kind of waterproof suit intended to protect the wearer from hypothermia if immersed in cold water or otherwise exposed after abandoning a vessel, especially in the open ocean. The captain did a safety drill. This covered where the emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was located, how to make a mayday call, and where the fire extinguishers were. A crew member demonstrated how to put on an immersion suit. These survival suits are waterproof full-body garments
Similar: survival suit

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Русский	гидрокостюм gidrokostjum

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@misc{immersion_suit_2026,
  title = {immersion suit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/immersion%20suit},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}