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kaikuluotaus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • sonar noun A method of locating objects underwater by sending out sound waves and reading the echoes that bounce back.

Senses

kaikuluotaus is used for these senses in English:

  • echolocation The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures.
  • sonar (nautical, countable) A device that provides such echolocation.

sonar — full definition

  1. noun A method of locating objects underwater by sending out sound waves and reading the echoes that bounce back.
  2. noun The equipment that produces and reads this kind of underwater echo signal.

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