månbassäng

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Swedish

Etymology

Calque of English moon pool. Compound of måne (moon) +‎ bassäng (pool).

Noun

månbassäng c

  1. (nautical) A moon pool.
    • 2014, Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, translated by Bo Samuelsson, Tripoli:
      Flera sensorer till den passiva sonarn hängde ner från månbassängen nere vid kölen.
      Several sensors for the passive sonar hung down from the moon pool down by the keel.
    • 2021 September 13, “Hybridelektriska lyxkryssaren har nått Nordpolen - först i sitt slag”, in Svensk Verkstad Magasin:
      Fartyget är utrustat med mätinstrument och har vetenskapliga laboratorier samt en månbassäng för provtagning, och all utrustning är utformad för att uppfylla kraven för akademisk forskning.
      The ship is equipped with measuring instruments and has scientific laboratories as well as a moon pool for sampling, and all equipment is designed to meet the requirements of academic research.
    • 2022 November 12, Mikkel Meister, “Havsforskare bygger havets ISS”, in Illustrerad Vetenskap:
      Forskarna har tillgång till havet via en öppen vattenpassage, en så kallad månbassäng. Passagen uppstår på samma sätt som om du trycker ner ett glas i en vattenbalja med botten uppåt.
      The researchers have access to the sea via an open water passage, a so-called moon pool. The passage occurs in the same way as if you push a glass into a tub of water with the bottom up.
    • 2022, 155:10 from the start, in Karl Hårding, transl., Avatar: The Way of Water (overall work in English), spoken by Miles "Spider" Socorro (Jack Champion):
      Vid månbassängen... Eller "brunnsdäcket"? Mitt på skeppet.
      They are at the moonpool... at the well deck? At midships.

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