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How to pronounce “sonar”
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Pronunciation guide for sonar
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of sonar with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
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that he uses to navigate his environment the way a bat uses sonar.
- Definition summary
- (nautical, usually uncountable) Artificial echolocation by use of electronic equipment, with hydrophones to locate objects underwater, using the same wave-analysis principles that radar uses.
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How to pronounce sonar
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that he uses to navigate his environment the way a bat uses sonar.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “sonar”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (nautical, usually uncountable) Artificial echolocation by use of electronic equipment, with hydrophones to locate objects underwater, using the same wave-analysis principles that radar uses.
- (nautical, countable) A device that provides such echolocation.
- (loosely) Any echolocation.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) to sound, to make a sound
- (intransitive) to ring, to buzz
- (figurative, intransitive) to ring a bell
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