asdic

American

[az-dik] / ˈæz dɪk /

noun

British.

sonar.

asdic British

/ ˈæzdɪk /

noun

an early form of sonar

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Etymology

Origin of asdic

1935–40; A(nti-)S(ubmarine) D(etection) I(nvestigation) C(ommittee)

Example Sentences

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With Asdic the harpoon-gunners hoped to follow a sounding whale on his deep dive under the sea, and to be waiting for him when he came up to blow.

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The failure of Asdic and radar was probably all to the good, for the trouble with whaling before the war was its success, which threatened to exterminate whales in every ocean.

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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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