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sound ranging
noun
- a method for determining the distance between a point and the position of a sound source by measuring the time lapse between the origin of the sound and its arrival at the point.
sound ranging
noun
- the determination of the location of a source of sound waves by measuring the time lapse between their transmission and their reception at microphones situated at three or more known positions
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Sound ranging was an important means of locating the positions and calibers of enemy guns.
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This is the last record by sound ranging of artillery activity on the American front near the River Moselle.
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The development and the production of searchlights and sound-ranging apparatus remained in the hands of the Engineer Corps.
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An American instrument with the Army spotted 117 German gun positions in a single day by surface sound ranging.
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In this country we had two experimental stations for the development of sound-ranging apparatus.
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