Glossary - Suunto Favor User Manual

Altitude dive
Ascent rate
ASC RATE
Ascent time
ASC TIME
Ceiling
Ceiling Zone
Compartment
DCS
Decompression
Decompression sickness
Dive series
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A dive made at an elevation above 700 m [2300 ft] above sea-level.
The speed at which the diver ascends toward the surface.
Abbreviation for ascent rate.
The minimum amount of time needed to reach the surface in a decompression dive.
Abbreviation for ascent time.
On a decompression dive the shallowest depth to which a diver may ascend based on computer
nitrogen load.
On a decompression dive the zone between the ceiling and the ceiling plus 1.8 m [6 ft]. This depth
range is displayed with the two arrows pointing toward each other (the "hourglass" icon).
See "Tissue group".
Abbreviation for decompression sickness.
Time spent at a decompression stop or range before surfacing, to allow absorbed nitrogen to
escape naturally from tissues.
Any of a variety of maladies resulting either primarily or secondary from the formation of nitrogen
bubbles in tissues or body fluids, as a result of inadequately controlled decompression. Commonly
called "bends" or "DCS".
A group of repetitive dives between which the instrument indicates some nitrogen loading is
present. When nitrogen loading reaches zero the instrument deactivates.