Many people who are blind do use a form of echolocation, and what Daniel Kish does, he takes that ability and hones it.
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Echolocation
//ˌɛkoʊloʊˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "echolocation" (6 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 12 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- ecolocalització noun (use of echos to detect objects)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 回聲定位 /回声定位 noun (use of echos to detect objects)
Czech
1 entries- echolokace noun (use of echos to detect objects)
Finnish
1 entries- kaikuluotaus noun (use of echos to detect objects)
French
2 entries- écholocalisation noun (use of echos to detect objects)
- écholocation noun (use of echos to detect objects)
German
1 entries- Echoortung noun (use of echos to detect objects)
Japanese
2 entries- 反響定位 noun (use of echos to detect objects)
- 音波探知 noun (use of echos to detect objects)
Polish
1 entries- echolokacja noun (use of echos to detect objects)
Portuguese
1 entries- ecolocalização noun (use of echos to detect objects)
Romanian
1 entries- ecolocație noun (use of echos to detect objects)
Russian
1 entries- эхолока́ция noun (use of echos to detect objects)
Spanish
1 entries- ecolocalización noun (use of echos to detect objects)
Sample sentences
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Bats use echolocation.
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Dolphins use echolocation.
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Dolphins rely on echolocation.
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