sonar
pronunciation
How to pronounce sonar in British English:
UK [ˈsəʊnɑː(r)]
How to pronounce sonar in American English:
US [ˈsoʊnɑːr]
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- Noun:
- 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; sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging; asdic is an acronym for anti-submarine detection investig
Word Origin
- sonar (n.)
- apparatus for detection underwater, 1946, from first letters of "sound navigation ranging," on pattern of radar.
Example
- 1. Their sonar processing involved complex , nonlinear mathematics .
- 2. And the university of newfoundland is planning to use gliders equipped with sonar to inspect icebergs , to work out whether they are a threat to underwater cables and other seabed infrastructure .
- 3. This is a kind of sonar - an echo-location system .
- 4. Baxter uses a sonar located in its head to detect anyone nearby .
- 5. Maybe some kind of state-of-the-art sonar system ?