sound ranging

American  

noun

1. 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.

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sound ranging British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

They played sound ranging from 1 Hz to 50 kHz for the spiders and measured the spider silk motion with a laser vibrometer.

From Science Daily

And one of the things that the armies did to try and locate the actual location of these guns was called sound ranging, and they used war tubas to do this.

From Fox News

He exited the elevator, patient first and heard a strange "ki-ki-ki-ki-ki!" sound ranging from around the corner.

From Salon

The graphic record is a “product of sound ranging, a technique used by the Allies to determine the location of enemy artillery,” the IWM London states in a press release provided to Fox News.

From Fox News

Lessons in geometrical optics would emphasize applications to battlefield scopes; lessons in acoustics would drop examples from music in favour of depth sounding and sound ranging.

From Nature