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Noun Concept

Categories: Surveying, Sonar, Oceanographic instrumentation, Articles with short description, Blindness

echolocation echo sounding depth sounder echo-sounding echo sounder

Determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it WordNet 3.0

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Determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Echo sounding or depth sounding is the use of sonar for ranging, normally to determine the depth of water. Wikipedia

Listening to the echo of sound pulses to measure the distance to the bottom of the sea, a special case of Sonar. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Type of sonar Wikidata

The technique of using reflected pulses of sound to determine depth or the location of objects (or fish) under water. Wiktionary

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echolocation, echo sounding

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echo sounding

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echo sounding

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echo sounding

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depth sounder, echo-sounding, echo sounder, echolocation (human), echosounder, echosounding

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echo sounder, echosounder