asdic
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of asdic
1935–40; A(nti-)S(ubmarine) D(etection) I(nvestigation) C(ommittee)
Example Sentences
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La Sibylle submerged, and surface ships of the French Mediterranean Squadron followed her course on Asdic detectors for an hour.
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He would turn on his ASDIC, and all fish within range would echo back, "Here we are."
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ASDIC, designed for submarine hunting, sends ultrashort sound waves through the water and any sizable object reflects them.
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There are the harsh sounds of war: shells bursting on deck armor, the asdic set clicking and pinging with echo bearings, the shattering explosions of ammunition ships, the groaning, slamming violence of a small ship fighting a monstrous sea.
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But the whales, nimbler than U-boats, dove out of Asdic's sonic beam, and the gunners had to rely, as of old, on their knowledge of whale psychology.
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