sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Their echolocation sonar is far beyond our military science. From Wordnik.com. [Brenda Peterson: Japan: Stop Killing Our Evolutionary Elders and Help Save Our Oceans] Reference
It was detected about five years ago with sonar from a surface vessel. From Wordnik.com. [SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 604] Reference
If your sonar is marking fish at 25 feet, for example, let out about 3.5 colors. From Wordnik.com. [Four Ways to Troll for Trout, Salmon, Crappies, Walleyes, and Northern Pike] Reference
The steam propulsion system are virtually silent and active sonar is the only option for detection. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast AM: July 5, 2006] Reference
Further, they recalled the sonar systems they saw at war. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
This is a dipping sonar, which is lowered into the water from the helicopter using a 806 meter. From Wordnik.com. [StrategyPage.com] Reference
St. Lawrence with side-scan sonar, which is often used for exploring large areas of the sea floor. From Wordnik.com. [Remains Returned List WWII] Reference
They also use a radial sonar which is not a side scan sonar. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2007] Reference
It destroys their "sonar" and has also been found to have caused capillary hemorrhaging. From Wordnik.com. [Acorns Gone; Nature Does What GOP Fails to Do] Reference
The "sonar" echos are too low to be consciously detected as sound (usually, for most people). From Wordnik.com. [Science, Some Strange] Reference
Either way, new technology (such as sonar and video) makes this decade prime for Nessie hunting. From Wordnik.com. [Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are] Reference
The heads plays a "sonar" sound effect each time it happens. From Wordnik.com. [PROnetworks] Reference
Likewise, four non-echolocating bats lacked the "sonar" version. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Online News] Reference
We recommend to create an UTF-8 database named 'sonar' accessed by a specific user. From Wordnik.com. [Dashboard RSS Feed] Reference
We recommend to create an UTF-8 database named 'sonar' accessed by a specific user 'sonar'. From Wordnik.com. [Dashboard RSS Feed] Reference
Deadly ship strikes, fishing line entanglements and potentially deafening noises such as sonar threaten the whales. From Wordnik.com. [UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World] Reference
Yesterday they talked about trying out a new instrument, a kind of sonar that can see for a great distance under the water. From Wordnik.com. [prairiemary] Reference
"But staying just out of sonar range from the base.". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
"So far, I have been thinking about refining our own search sonar.". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
At sea, he and his crew detected something large moving on sonar. From Wordnik.com. [Thinly Sliced Raw Fish] Reference
Choose one of the three lakes, and let the sonar guide you to the bass. From Wordnik.com. [Couch Casting] Reference
The tyme of hir purificatioun was sonar then the Leviticall law appointes. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
I'll invent a submarine that's not only invisible to sonar, but equipped to. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
Barcelona's port will be dotted with sonar buoys and patrolled by mini-submarines. From Wordnik.com. [The Waiting Games Are Over] Reference
Using sonar and cameras, Tidwell found the sub half a mile from the Meridian estimate. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasure Of The I-52] Reference
He showed them his drawings and explained how his "sonar-blinding" setup would operate. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
Further, a backup sonar display, which relays information to the captain, was out of order. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
A BBC documentary team uses 600 sonar beams in an attempt to disprove the existence of Nessie. From Wordnik.com. [Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are] Reference
On Saturday, another sonar found a trail of wreckage that may lead divers to the plane's fuselage. From Wordnik.com. [Death On Flight 800] Reference
A team of marine archeologists using sonar scanners has discovered new underwater treasures in the Italian seas. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Shipwrecks Found Off Central Italy's Coast] Reference
"I thought that idea of a sonar-wave baffle might lead somewhere," he murmured, "but it looks as though I'm wrong.". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
Thus the sonar waves would appear to be striking no obstacle -- and no echo would return to the sonarscopes on the search craft!. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
"The job will boil down to blotting out sonar waves and piercing the enemy's own 'wave-trap defense,'" the young scientist concluded. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
After the discovery, the team of marine archaeologists used sonar scanners for the exploration and filmed the targets lying on the seabed. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Shipwrecks Found Off Central Italy's Coast] Reference
Only after he was certain that there were no sonar or other detector radiations did he propel himself onward, out into the estuary itself. From Wordnik.com. [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference
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