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Echo Sounder

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Noun

1. asdic, echo sounder, sonar

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

Example Sentences:
'sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging'
'asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Echo Sounder

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noun
a navigation and position-finding device that determines depth by measuring the time taken for a pulse of high-frequency sound to reach the sea bed or a submerged object and for the echo to return

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Echo Sounder

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n.
A device for measuring depth of water by sending pressure waves down from the surface and recording the time until the echo returns from the bottom.

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