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Echolocation
"Echolocation" in a Sentence (11 examples)
Many people who are blind do use a form of echolocation, and what Daniel Kish does, he takes that ability and hones it.
Bats use echolocation.
Dolphins use echolocation.
Dolphins rely on echolocation.
The bat hunted for insects using its echolocation.
The bat navigated using echolocation.
The bat's echolocation helps it navigate in the dark.
The bat's echolocation allows it to navigate in the dark.
Since there is no convenient term available to describe this process of locating obstacles by means of echoes, I suggest the word echolocation[…]. The meaning of this word, and a corresponding verb to echolocate, are likely to be clear when first heard or read, since they are formed simply by joining echo and locate. It seems best to accent the first syllable in order to make clear that the word echo is employed.
Now similarly with the aquatic mammals, we know that they can make sounds. We are beginning to get information—although no curves yet—on their sensitivity of hearing. These need to be followed up and we should look for this process of echo-ranging or echolocation.
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Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
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