Glossary

In scuba diving, we have a whole different language. And, with Nitrox diving, that language increases even more. Find your challenge word below and look up the meaning.
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Air

ATA

ATM

Atmosphere

Best Mix

Calibrate (Calibration)

Carbon

Carbon Dioxide

Central Nervous System

Contingency Partial Pressure

CNS Oxygen Toxicity

CONVENTID

Convulsion

Contamination

Contents Sticker

Dalton’s Law

Dive Tables

Depth

Decompression Sickness

EAN32

EAN36

EANx

Enriched Air

Equivalent Air Depth

Explosive

FFW

Fg

Flammable

Fractional Gas

FSW

Gas Mixing

Helium

Heliox

Ignition

Logbook

Maximum Operating Depth

Maximum Partial Pressure

Mixed Gas

MOD

N2

Nitrox

Nitrox Certification – Basic

Nitrox Certification – Advanced

Nitrogen

NOAA1

NOAA2

O2

O2 Analyzer

O2 Clean

Oxygen

Oxygen Analyzer

Oxygen Clean

Oxygen Clean

Oxygen Toxicity

Partial Pressure

PPO2

Pressure

Pressure Check

Pulmonary Oxygen Toxicity

Pure O2

Rebreather

Safe Air

Tank

Tank Inspection

Tank Markings

Tank Pressure

Tank Sticker

Total Pressure

VENTID