pinger
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A high-frequency acoustic pinger would be even more efficient, as this would provide directional accuracy to home onto a distressed submersible.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2023
Many underwater vehicles are fitted with an acoustic device, often called a pinger, which emits sounds that can be detected underwater by rescuers.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Bluefin-21 takes six times longer than a towed pinger locator - used to detect the black box signals - to cover a similar area, and the two devices cannot be used at the same time.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2014
The pinger locater, which will be towed behind an Australian commercial vessel, was used in the search for Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2014
When planes go down in the ocean, a pinger attached to the black box sends out a signal that sounds like a grandfather clock ticking for about 30 days before its battery dies.
From Washington Post
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