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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asdic |
echo sounder |
sonar |
sample sentences
"sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging""asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee"
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