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depth sounder

American  

noun

  1. an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.


Example Sentences

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To find out exactly what was going on, the team outfitted 11 whales with suction cup tags that included a camera, a motion detector, and a depth sounder.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 26, 2017

Figure 10.7 Depiction of a ship-borne acoustic depth sounder.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

As I yawed down what I hoped was the channel, I avoided looking at the depth sounder as its report was discouraging.

From Time Magazine Archive

My eyes locked onto the depth sounder while my brain processed the information.

From Time Magazine Archive

What the geese thought of us as we idled the Neptunus 55 Cabriolet out through the entrance, scrutinizing the depth sounder as we tiptoed through the single digits, is not known.

From Time Magazine Archive