What does SCUBA stand for?

Question

Just wondering, because I just learned recently it stands for something. Anyone know what??

Answer 1

Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus -

The term SCUBA arose during World War II and originally referred to United States combat frogmen's oxygen rebreathers, developed by Dr. Christian Lambertsen for underwater warfare.[2][3][4] Today, scuba typically refers to the in-line open-circuit equipment, developed by Emile Gagnan and Jacques-Yves Cousteau, in which compressed gas (usually air) is inhaled from a tank and then exhaled into the water. However, rebreathers (both semi-closed circuit and closed circuit) are also self-contained systems (as opposed to surface-supplied systems) and are therefore classified as scuba.

Although the SCUBA is an acronym for "self-contained underwater breathing apparatus", usage is mainly as a normal word "scuba", it has become acceptable to refer to scuba as "scuba equipment" or "scuba apparatus" — an example of the linguistic RAS syndrome.

From Wikipedia -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuba_divin...

Answer 2

Self

Contained

Underwater

Breathing

Apparatus

SCUBA diving is a really fun sport!

Answer 3

self contained underwater breathing apparatus.

Answer 4

It stands for self contained underwater breathing apparatus.

Answer 5

Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus -- she is right, and she put it down while I was typing it.  I was then trying to come up with some snappy alternative answer, but that is the truth!  :)