Sonar uses sound waves to 'see' in the water.
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Sonar
//ˈsoʊ.nɑːɹ//
Synonyms for "sonar" (34 found)
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33 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سُونار noun (device)
Armenian
2 entries- ջրատեղորոշիչ noun (device)
- սոնար noun (device)
Catalan
1 entries- sonar noun (device)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 聲納 /声纳 noun (device)
Esperanto
1 entries- sonaro noun (device)
Finnish
3 entries- kaikuluotain noun (device)
- kaikuluotaus noun (device)
- ääniluotain noun (device)
French
1 entries- sonar noun (device)
German
1 entries- Sonar noun (device)
Greek
2 entries- ηχοβολιστικό noun (device)
- σόναρ noun (device)
Icelandic
2 entries- sónar noun (device)
- ómsjá noun (device)
Indonesian
2 entries- pemair suara noun (device)
- sonar noun (device)
Italian
2 entries- idrofono noun (device)
- sonar noun (device)
Japanese
2 entries- ソナー noun (device)
- 音波水中探知機 noun (device)
Korean
1 entries- 음파 탐지기 noun (device)
Polish
3 entries- asdic noun (device)
- azdyk noun (device)
- sonar noun (device)
Portuguese
1 entries- sonar noun (device)
Romanian
1 entries- sonar noun (device)
Russian
2 entries- гидролока́тор noun (device)
- сона́р noun (device)
Spanish
1 entries- sónar noun (device)
Tagalog
1 entries- sonar noun (device)
Thai
1 entries- โซนาร์ noun (device)
Turkish
1 entries- sonar noun (device)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Sonar is short for Sound Navigation and Ranging.
Source: tatoeba (6709532)
There are two types of sonar—active and passive.
Source: tatoeba (6709538)
Active sonar transducers emit an acoustic signal or pulse of sound into the water. If an object is in the path of the sound pulse, the sound bounces off the object and returns an “echo” to the sonar transducer.
Source: tatoeba (6709564)
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