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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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feet of sea water (FSW)

Sports; Scuba diving

Measurement of depth in sea water used to indicate either an actual depth, or just a pressure equal to that depth (e.g., in an hyperbaric chamber).

barotraumas

Sports; Scuba diving

Any disease or injury due to unequal pressures between a space inside the body and the ambient pressure, or between two spaces within the body; examples include arterial gas ...

bottom time

Sports; Scuba diving

The time between descending below the surface to the beginning of ascent.

cave diving

Sports; Scuba diving

Requiring much specialized training and equipment, this involves diving into an overhead environment including caves, abandoned mines or quarries and natural springs or sinkholes ...