echo sounder

echo sounder
noun
a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return
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sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging

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asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee

Syn: ↑sonar, ↑asdic
Part Holonyms: ↑submarine, ↑pigboat, ↑sub, ↑U-boat
Part Meronyms: ↑pinger, ↑pulse generator

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ˈecho sounder 7 [echo sounder echo sounders] noun
a device which measures the depth of the sea, or which finds objects underwater, by measuring how quickly sound waves are reflected

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • echo sounder — ► NOUN ▪ a device for determining the depth of the seabed or detecting objects in water by measuring the time taken for echoes to return to the listener …   English terms dictionary

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  • echo sounder — aidamatis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. echo sounder; reverberometer vok. Echomesser, m; Nachhallmeßgerät, n; Reverberationsmeter, n rus. реверберометр, m; эхоизмеритель, m; эхомер, m pranc. échomètre, m; réverbéromètre, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • echo-sounder — echˈo sounder noun The device used in echo sounding • • • Main Entry: ↑echo …   Useful english dictionary

  • echo sounder — noun a device for determining the depth of the seabed or detecting objects in water by measuring the time taken for echoes to return to the listener. Derivatives echo sounding noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • echo sounder — /ˈɛkoʊ saʊndə/ (say ekoh sownduh) noun a device for measuring the depth of water below a ship by observing the time taken for a pulse of soundwaves to reach the seabed and for its echo to return; sonar …  

  • echo sounder — noun Date: 1927 an instrument for determining the depth of a body of water or of an object below the surface by sound waves …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • echo sounder — a sonar device that sends a signal to the bottom of a body of water and back. Used to detect fish schools and to map the bottom as an image is displayed on a screen. Used in angling, it is also called a fish finder …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • echo-sounder — instrument for determining the depth of water or of an object below the surface by means of sound waves …   English contemporary dictionary

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