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ECHO SOUNDING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does echo sounding mean?
• ECHO SOUNDING (noun)
The noun ECHO SOUNDING has 1 sense:
1. determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it
Familiarity information: ECHO SOUNDING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
echo sounding; echolocation
Hypernyms ("echo sounding" is a kind of...):
fix; localisation; localization; locating; location (a determination of the place where something is)
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