NOUN | artifact | sonar, echo sounder, asdic | 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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Sounds | sow'naar | |
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Rhymes | Adar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar... |
Meaning | 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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Example | "sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging" | |
Synonyms | echo sounder, asdic | |
Part of | submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat | A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes |
Parts | pinger | A pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar |
pulse generator | A generator of single or multiple voltage pulses | |
Broader | measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device | instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something |
navigational instrument | An instrument used for navigating | |
Spanish | sonar, sónar | |
Catalan | sonar |
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