HyperDic: sonar

English > 1 sense of the word sonar:
NOUNartifactsonar, echo sounder, asdica 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
sonar > pronunciation
Soundssow'naar
RhymesAdar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar...
English > sonar: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA 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"sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging"
Synonymsecho sounder, asdic
Part ofsubmarine, pigboat, sub, U-boatA submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
PartspingerA pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar
pulse generatorA generator of single or multiple voltage pulses
Broadermeasuring instrument, measuring system, measuring deviceinstrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
navigational instrumentAn instrument used for navigating
Spanishsonar, sónar
Catalansonar

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