sofar
[ soh-fahr ]
/ ˈsoʊ fɑr /
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noun
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
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Origin of sofar
1945–50; so(und)f(ixing)a(nd)r(anging)
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sofar
/ (ˈsəʊfɑː) /
noun
a system for determining a position at sea, esp that of survivors of a disaster, by exploding a charge underwater at that point. The times taken for the shock waves to travel through the water to three widely separated shore stations are used to calculate their position
Word Origin for sofar
C20: from so (und) f (ixing) a (nd) r (anging)
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Other Idioms and Phrases with sofar
so far
Also, thus far. Up to this point, as in So far we haven't seen him in the crowd, or They've made very little progress on their report thus far. [c. 1300]
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