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English noun: sonar | |||
| 1. | sonar (artifact) 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 | ||
| Samples | Sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging. Asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee. | ||
| Synonyms | asdic, echo sounder | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system, navigational instrument | ||
| Part holonym | pinger, pulse generator | ||
| Part meronym | pigboat, sub, submarine, U-boat | ||
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