(echo-sounding device)
1echo sounding — n. the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object *… …
2echo sounding — n. the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object …
3echo sounding — noun determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it • Syn: ↑echolocation • Hypernyms: ↑localization, ↑localisation, ↑location, ↑locating, ↑fix * * * noun …
4Echo (phenomenon) — In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo (plural echoes) is a reflection of sound, arriving at the listener some time after the direct sound. Typical examples are the echo produced by the bottom of a well, by a building, or by the walls… …
5echo-sounder — echˈo sounder noun The device used in echo sounding • • • Main Entry: ↑echo …
6echo sounder — noun a device for determining the depth of the seabed or detecting objects in water by measuring the time taken for echoes to return to the listener. Derivatives echo sounding noun …
7Alexander Behm — (11 November 1880 in Sternberg (Mecklenburg) – 22 January 1952 in Tarp (Schleswig Flensburg)) was a German physicist.As head of a research laboratory in Vienna (Austria) he conducted experiments concerning the propagation of sound. He tried to… …
8E.S.D. — abbr. Echo Sounding Device …
9Sonar — This article is about underwater sound propagation. For atmospheric sounding, see SODAR. For other uses, see Sonar (disambiguation) …
10Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …
