Sumergibilidad

English translation: submersibility

23:49 Feb 21, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Physics
Spanish term or phrase: Sumergibilidad
This actually appears on a chart, but it clearly refers to the opposite of buoyancy. Is there a term other than "sinkability"?
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Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 05:58
English translation:submersibility
Explanation:
It is not in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, but it has more than 18000 hits on Google
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Francisco Herrerias
United States
Local time: 01:58
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3 +6submersibility
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submersibility


Explanation:
It is not in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, but it has more than 18000 hits on Google

Francisco Herrerias
United States
Local time: 01:58
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/submersible
5 hrs

agree  bigedsenior: it's worth 73 points in the Scrabble Dictionary (UK). Alternatives - submergibility, submersability- suber
6 hrs

agree  franglish
8 hrs

agree  neilmac
9 hrs

agree  Robert Carter: Agree with Bigedsenior about submergibility too, they're both in my Webster's.
19 hrs

agree  Pablo Cruz
1 day 16 hrs
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