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For the fictional character see Diver (Transformers)
Diver (Transformers)

Diver is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universe....
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For the fictional character see Diver (Transformers)
Diver (Transformers)

Diver is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universe....
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Diver can mean:
  • Someone who practices scuba diving
    Scuba diving

    SCUBA diving is Underwater diving, or taking part in another activity, while using a scuba set. By carrying a source of breathing gas , the scuba diver is able to stay underwater longer than with the simple breath-holding techniques used in snorkeling and free-diving, and is not hindered by air lines to a remote air source....
     or surface supplied diving
    Surface supplied diving

    Surface supplied diving refers to diving activities using equipment supplied with breathing gas using an Umbilical cord#Other uses for the term "umbilical cord" from the surface, often from a diving support vessel but possibly, indirectly via a diving chamber....
  • An athlete who practices diving
    Diving

    Diving refers to the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard of a certain height. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games....
     in the sense of jumping or falling deliberately into water.
  • In sports, someone who falls down without contact to con referees
  • The British English name for a group of aquatic birds of the order Gaviiformes, in North America called loon
    Loon

    The loons or divers are a group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia. All living species of loons are members of one genus, Gavia, family , Gaviidae, and order Gaviiformes all of their own....
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  • British World War II armed forces code name for the German V1 flying bomb
    Flying bomb

    A flying bomb is a manned or unmanned aerial vehicle or small aircraft carrying a large explosive warhead, a precursor to contemporary cruise missiles....
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    • See Operation Diver
      Operation Diver

      Operation Diver was the British codename for their countermeasures against the V-1 flying bomb campaign launched by the Germany Luftwaffe in 1944 against London and other parts of Britain....
      , the British countermeasures against the German V-1 flying bomb campaign
    • See Operation Crossbow
      Operation Crossbow

      'Crossbow' was a World War II campaign consisting of "Anglo-American operations against all phases of the Vergeltungswaffe?operations against German research, experimentation, manufacture, construction of launching sites, and Mittelwerk#V-2 Rocket production and firing of finished missiles, and also against missiles in flight, once they had...
      : an Allied operation of the Second World War against the German rocket weapons
  • One of 2 New Zealand fish:
    • New Zealand sand diver
      New Zealand sand diver

      The New Zealand sand diver, Tewara cranwellae, is a sandburrower, the only species in the genus Tewara, found all around New Zealand to depths of about 5 m, on sandy or gravelly bottoms....
    • Long-finned sand diver
      Long-finned sand diver

      The long-finned sand diver or tommyfish, Limnichthys polyactis, is a sandburrower of the genus Limnichthys, found all around the North Island of New Zealand to depths of about 5 metre, on sandy or gravelly bottoms....


  • An English spelling of an Irish surname prevalent in Northern County Donegal
    County Donegal

    County Donegal is a county located in the west of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. It is one of three counties in the Province of Ulster that do not form part of Northern Ireland....
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Divers can be:
  • The plural of any of the above.
  • An adjective
    Adjective

    In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntax role is to grammatical modifier a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's definition....
     meaning "diverse, various" or "many and varied", in older English usage including:-
    • In the Authorized Version of the Bible
      Bible

      The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
      , including the phrase "divers diseases".
    • In Francis Bacon
      Francis Bacon

      Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban King's Counsel , son of Nicholas Bacon by his second wife Anne Bacon, was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, and author....
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    • In the phrase divers hands
      Divers hands

      Divers Hands is an archaic phrase used to refer to a project that has been contributed to by many different people. wikt:divers is a word of Latin origin that is still commonly used in modern French language; it literally means "many and varied"....
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