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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NANSEN BOTTLE

Named after F. Nansen.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NANSEN BOTTLE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NANSEN BOTTLE

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Nansen bottle is a noun.
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WHAT DOES NANSEN BOTTLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nansen bottle

Nansen bottle

A Nansen bottle is a device for obtaining samples of seawater at a specific depth. It was designed in 1910 by the early 20th-century explorer and oceanographer Fridtjof Nansen and further developed by Shale Niskin. The bottle, more precisely a metal or plastic cylinder, is lowered on a cable into the ocean, and when it has reached the required depth, a brass weight called a "messenger" is dropped down the cable. When the weight reaches the bottle, the impact tips the bottle upside down and trips a spring-loaded valve at the end, trapping the water sample inside. The bottle and sample are then retrieved by hauling in the cable. A second messenger can be arranged to be released by the inverting mechanism, and slide down the cable until it reaches another Nansen bottle. By fixing a sequence of bottles and messengers at intervals along the cable, a series of samples at increasing depth can be taken. The sea temperature at the water sampling depth is recorded by means of a reversing thermometer fixed to the Nansen bottle.

Definition of Nansen bottle in the English dictionary

The definition of Nansen bottle in the dictionary is an instrument used by oceanographers for obtaining samples of sea water from a desired depth.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NANSEN BOTTLE

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Naomi

WORDS THAT END LIKE NANSEN BOTTLE

battle
beer bottle
bluebottle
bottle
dottle
feeding bottle
half-bottle
hot-water bottle
ink bottle
medicine bottle
milk bottle
mottle
nursing bottle
pill bottle
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the bottle
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vacuum bottle
water bottle

Synonyms and antonyms of Nansen bottle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Nansen bottle» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

南森瓶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

botella Nansen
570 millions of speakers

English

Nansen bottle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Nansen बोतल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

نانسن زجاجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Нансен бутылка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

garrafa Nansen
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নানান বোতল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Nansen bouteille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Botol Nansen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nansen -Flasche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ナンセンボトル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

난센 병
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nansen botol
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Nansen chai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நான்ஸ் பாட்டில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नॅनसेन बाटली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Nansen şişesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bottiglia Nansen
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Nansen butelkę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Нансен пляшка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Nansen sticla
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Νάνσεν μπουκάλι
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Nansen bottel
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Nansen flaska
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Nansen flaske
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NANSEN BOTTLE»

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Oceans and Oceanography
The Nansen bottle is an ocean-water sampler devised late in the 19th century by the Norwegian oceanographer Fridtjof Nansen and subsequently modified by various workers. The standard Nansen bottle is made of metal and has a capacity  ...
John P. Rafferty, 2011
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Encyclopedia of Marine Sciences
Nansen bottle instrument for taking water samples from the water column named after the Norwegian explorer F. Nansen ( 1 86 1 - 1 930). The instrument, which is attached to a steel cable, is freely flushed while being lowered, and is closed at ...
Johanna G. Baretta-Bekker, Egbert K. Duursma, Bouwe R. Kuipers, 1998
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The Composition of Sea-Water Comparative and Descriptive ...
This is the Knudsen reversing water bottle (1929), which is similar to the Nansen bottle in that it is frameless, being clamped to the wire rope at the bottom and held to the wire at the top by a catch. It differs from the Nansen bottle, however, ...
M. Hill, 2005
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Encyclopedia of Marine Science
Most of Earth science, including study of Earth's oceans and atmosphere, is conducted from the Goddard Space Flight (opposite page) Diagram of a Nansen bottle, a container used to obtain subsurface samples of seawater, as it trips when hit ...
C. Reid Nichols, Robert G. Williams, 2009
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SEA KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES (cl)
Nansen tested this version, christened the Pettersson- Nansen bottle, on board Michael Surs in 1900. Subsequently, International Council scientists adopted it as their standard and requested that Ekman investigate its insulating properties.
Rozwadowsk
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Environmental Water Pollution And Its Control
The most common water sampler in use has been the Nansen bottle. The Nansen bottle has been sent down to the required depth with the valves in the open position. At the desired depth a messinger would be sent down, which strikes the ...
R. Swarup, S. N. Mishra, V. P. Jauhari, 1992
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The Facts on File Dictionary of Marine Science
See Ekman, Vagn Wal- fird; FRAM; Kara Sea; Nansen bottle. Nansen bottle A device designed by Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Pettersson for collecting deepwater samples. It contains a series of concentric insulated rings with a thermometer ...
Barbara Charton, John Tietjen, 2009
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The Facts on File Marine Science Handbook
The point of greatest depth is roughly 12,830 feet (3,910 m). Nansen bottle A type of ocean water sampling bottle developed in 1910 by the Norwegian explorer and scientist FRIDTJOF NANSEN. It is a cylindrical container that extracts samples ...
Scott McCutcheon, Bobbi McCutcheon, 2003
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Glossary of Geology
Nansen bottle (Nan'-sen) A device used in oceanography that is attached to a wireline and lowered into the sea to obtain subsurface seawater samples. The open Nansen bottle is tripped at depth by a messenger. When tripped, it closes its ...
Julia A. Jackson, James P. Mehl, Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, 2005
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Glossary of Mapping Science
The Nansen bottle (also called the Nansen water- bottle) is the one most widely used in oceanography. The Ekman bottle has plates seated in rubber gaskets as valves. SEE ALSO Ekman bottle; Nansen bottle. bottom - SEE sea bottom.
American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NANSEN BOTTLE»

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In Memoriam: Richard Vance Mead (1918-2014)
He could not pass up a round of the card game Euchre while the messenger was tripping a Nansen bottle cast. A Nansen bottle was a water ... «Scripps Oceanography News, Jan 15»
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Oceanographer charts new course
There's a Nansen Bottle — a 100-plus-year-old invention — a devise used to gather seawater samples. Hanging in a conference room across ... «Florida Today, Dec 14»

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