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Noun Concept
Categories: 20th-century inventions, All articles needing additional references, Submarine warfare, French inventions, Anti-submarine warfare
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sonar  echo sounder  asdic  Sound Navigation and Ranging  Acoustic radar
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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 WordNet 3.0
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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Sonar is a technique that uses sound propagation to navigate, measure distances, communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels. Wikipedia
A radio single of the Mexican Electro/Pop band Belanova Wikipedia Disambiguation
An underwater device which emits a ping and is used in submarine warfare. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Technique that uses sound propagation Wikidata
A sonar device used for echo sounding. Wiktionary
Sonar device. Wiktionary (translation)
A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater. Wiktionary
Device. Wiktionary (translation)
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Sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
measuring instrument
navigational instrument
technology
remote sensing
HAS PART
pinger
pulse generator
PART OF
submarine
HAS KIND
multibeam echosounder
TB-16
Synthetic-aperture sonar
AN/SQQ-32 mine-hunting sonar
Mobile submarine simulator
+1 relations
HAS INSTANCE
AN/SQS-26
ASDIC
PL
AN/BQQ-6
AN/BQS-13
AN/BQQ-5
+18 relations
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
USE
acoustic location
USED BY
navigator
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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sonar, echo sounder, asdic
Wikipedia
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sonar
Wikidata
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sonar
Wiktionary
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echo sounder, sonar
Wikipedia Redirections
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Acoustic radar, active acoustics, active sonar, Anti-Submarine Detection and Identification Commission, ASDIC, dipping sonar, dunking sonar, echo sounder, Fisheries sonar, History of sonar, imaging sonar, Lfas, LIMIS, Limpet mine imaging sonar, Low Frequency Active Sonar, Military applications of sonar, Net location sonar, Net sonar, passive sonar, ping (sound), So.n.a.r., SONAR, sonar projector, sonar system, sonars, Sonic navigation and ranging, sound navigation and ranging, surface duct, upward looking sonar, Variable-depth sonar, variable depth sonar
Wikidata Alias
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ASDIC, SoNaR, SoNAR, SONAR, Sound Navigation and Ranging, Sound Navigation And Ranging

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