echo sounder
1.
(
noun
) an 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 (sonar is SOund NAvigation Ranging; asdic is Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee)
Synonyms:
asdic
,
sonar
Related Words:
measuring instrument
,
measuring system
,
navigational instrument
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