• n.
    ⦿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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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
wn:example
  1. ⦿sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging
  2. ⦿asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:asdic
  2. enl:echo sounder
  3. enl:sonar
wn:interlingual indexili:i59205

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dc:Subjectnoun.artifact
skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelasdicecho soundersonar