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DIVA
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Irregular inflected form: dive
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
Synonyms:
diva; prima donna
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("diva" is a kind of...):
opera star; operatic star (singer of lead role in an opera)
Context examples:
The first operational dive of Okeanos Explorer’s 2016 season, on February 27, explored depths of over 4,000 meters northeast of Necker Island (Mokumanamana) in the Hawaiian Archipelago.
(Deep Discoverer Discovers a Very Deep, Ghostlike Octopod, NOAA)
Weddell seals have biological adaptations that allow them to dive deep—as much as of hundreds of meters—while hunting, but also an uncanny ability to find the breathing holes they need on the surface of the ice.
(Antarctic seals may use Earth's magnetic field to navigate while hunting, NSF)
A great curiosity came on the trustee, to disregard the prohibition and dive at once to the bottom of these mysteries; but professional honour and faith to his dead friend were stringent obligations; and the packet slept in the inmost corner of his private safe.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I hadn't the least idea of selling my hair at first, but as I went along I kept thinking what I could do, and feeling as if I'd like to dive into some of the rich stores and help myself.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The next instant, with a sinuous dive he swept under Harker's arm, ere his blow could fall, and, grasping a handful of the money from the floor, dashed across the room, threw himself at the window.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Evidence increasingly suggests that this oceanic current system is slowing down, and some scientists fear it could have major effects, such as causing temperatures to dive in Europe and warming the waters off the eastern coast of the USA, potentially harming fisheries and exacerbating hurricanes.
(A new study is the first to measure the time lags between changing ocean currents and major climate shifts., University of Cambridge)
But because no spacecraft had ever passed through the region before, Cassini engineers oriented the spacecraft so that its 13-foot-wide (4-meter-wide) antenna pointed in the direction of oncoming ring particles, shielding its delicate instruments as a protective measure during its April 26 dive.
(Cassini Finds 'The Big Empty' Close to Saturn, NASA)
It was just at sundown when we cast anchor in a most beautiful land-locked gulf, and were immediately surrounded by shore boats full of Negroes and Mexican Indians and half-bloods selling fruits and vegetables and offering to dive for bits of money.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Cassini's next dive through the gap is scheduled for May 2.
(Cassini Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings, NASA)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is on final approach to Saturn, following confirmation by mission navigators that it is on course to dive into the planet's atmosphere on Friday, Sept. 15.
(Cassini Spacecraft Makes Its Final Approach to Saturn, NASA)
