sofar

American  

[soh-fahr] / ˈsoʊ fɑr /

noun

1. 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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sofar British  

/ ˈsəʊfɑː /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of sofar

1945–50; so(und) f(ixing) a(nd) r(anging)

Example Sentences

Then Sofar Sounds might be right up your alley!

From Salon

Sofar Sounds – Do you love all kinds of music?

From Salon

Like the marine SOFAR, the tropopause represents a cold region, where sound waves should travel slower and farther.

From Science Magazine

Now, by listening to distant rocket launches with solar-powered balloons, researchers say they have finally detected hints of an aerial sound channel, although it does not seem to function as simply or reliably as the ocean SOFAR.

From Science Magazine

When Jim Lucchesse, chief executive of the music events company Sofar Sounds, turned to the alliance, he found he wasn’t alone in pushing for his workers to get the coronavirus vaccine.

From Washington Post