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Air — When a diver uses the term “air”, they mean ….
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
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 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
Tank
Tank Inspection
Tank Markings
Tank Pressure
Tank Sticker
Total Pressure
VENTID
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Glossary: C
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Glossary: D
E
Glossary: E
Enriched AirF
Glossary: F
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Glossary: G
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Glossary: H
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Glossary: I
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Glossary: J
K
Glossary: K
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Glossary: L
M
Glossary: M
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Glossary: N
O
Glossary: O
P
Glossary: P
Q
Glossary: Q
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Glossary: R
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Glossary: S
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Glossary: T
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Glossary: U
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Glossary: V
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Glossary: W
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Glossary: Y
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Glossary: Z
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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