echo sounder


noun
  1. a navigation and position-finding device that determines depth by measuring the time taken for a pulse of high-frequency sound to reach the sea bed or a submerged object and for the echo to return

Derived forms of echo sounder

  • echo sounding, noun

Words Nearby echo sounder

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