ECHOLOCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does echolocation mean? 

• ECHOLOCATION (noun)
  The noun ECHOLOCATION has 1 sense:

1. determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it

  Familiarity information: ECHOLOCATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECHOLOCATION (noun)

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 ("echolocation" is a kind of...):

fix; localisation; localization; locating; location (a determination of the place where something is)