subˈmergible, a.
[f. submerge + -ible.]
= submersible.
| 1870 Daily News 18 Oct., To build a high-sided ship submergible in action. 1936 World Petroleum VII. 246 (heading) Submergible barges for Gulf Coast drilling. 1977 Offshore Engineer May 98/3 A submergible, electrically driven tide recorder is available from Benthos. |
So submergiˈbility.
| 1802–12 Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 130 Partaking in respect of submergibility of the nature of a ferry boat. |