Usually means: Device for controlling underwater buoyancy.
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  1. buoyancy compensator: Infoplease Dictionary
  2. buoyancy compensator: Dictionary.com
  3. Buoyancy compensator (aviation), Buoyancy compensator (diving): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Buoyancy compensator, Buoyancy compensator: Sports Definitions

Definitions from Wikipedia (Buoyancy compensator)

noun:  A buoyancy compensator, also called a buoyancy control device, stabilizer, stabilisor, stab jacket, wing or adjustable buoyancy life jacket, depending on design, is a type of diving equipment which is worn by divers to establish neutral buoyancy underwater and positive buoyancy at the surface, when needed.
noun:  The static buoyancy of airships in flight is not constant.


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