Decompression
Decompression range
Decompression illness
Dive series
Dive time
ΔP
EAD
EAN
Enriched air nitrox
Equivalent air depth Floor
Time spent at a decompression stop, or range, before surfacing, to allow absorbed nitrogen to escape naturally from tissues
On a decompression stop dive, the depth range between the floor and the ceiling within which a diver must stop for some time during ascent.
Any of a variety of maladies resulting either directly or indirectly from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in tissues or body fluids, as a result of inadequately controlled decompression. Commonly called "the bends" or "DCI".
A group of repetitive dives between which the dive computer indicates some nitrogen loading is present. When nitrogen loading reaches zero the dive computer deactivates.
Elapsed time between leaving the surface to descend, and returning to the surface at the end of a dive.
Delta P, describing the Cylinder Pressure drop during the dive; the difference in cylinder pressure between the beginning and end of a dive.
Abbreviation for equivalent air depth.
Abbreviation for enriched air nitrox.
Also called nitrox or Enriched Air = EANx. Air that has some oxygen added. Standard mixes are EAN32 (NOAA Nitrox I = NN I) and EAN36 (NOAA Nitrox II = NN II).
Nitrogen partial pressure equivalent table.
The deepest depth during a decompression stop dive at which decompression takes place.
