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Definition of Sound ranging
1. Noun. Locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sound Ranging
Literary usage of Sound ranging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"In those days locating enemy batteries by sound ranging was far from a routine
... In command of the army's sound-ranging effort was Professor Lyman of ..."
2. NBS Special Publication (1921)
"This second series of tests revealed the desirability of conducting rather
extensive studies of several phases of the sound-ranging problem, and a series of ..."
3. The New World of Science: Its Development During the War by Robert Mearns Yerkes (1920)
"The possibility of an estimate of the caliber of the enemy guns was one of the
unique features of sound-ranging. Another important feature was the ability ..."
4. Ranging in France with Flash and Sound by Jesse Rolen Hinman (1919)
"tion sound ranging gives very accurate results and has rendered most valuable
service; its chief use, however, is instable or semi-stable warfare. ..."
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