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Definition of Echo sounder
1. Noun. A measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return. "Asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee"
Generic synonyms: Measuring Device, Measuring Instrument, Measuring System, Navigational Instrument
Terms within: Pinger, Pulse Generator
Group relationships: Pigboat, Sub, Submarine, U-boat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Echo Sounder
Literary usage of Echo sounder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Occasional Papers by U.S. Army Engineer School (1919)
"... on the range chart and keeps the helmsman advised as to deviations from the
range. The echo sounder records depths at the rate of some 200 per minute ..."
2. Environmental Information for Naval Warfare by National Academy of Engineering, Inc NetLibrary (2003)
"These deposits can be centimeters or even meters thick along muddy coastlines
and frequently produce "false bottom" echoes on traditional echo sounder ..."
3. American Neutrality in the 20th Century: The Impossible Dream by John N. Petrie (1996)
"... echo sounder gained contact on what was believed to be a submarine closing
for an attack. NIBLACK conducted a depth charge attack and the submarine ..."
4. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"On board is radar, weather fax, water maker, GPS, echo sounder, auto pilot, auto
life raft, VHF radio and satellite phone. For entertainment there is a CD ..."
5. Catalog of Tsunamis in the Pacific, 1969-1982 edited by S. L. Soloviev, K. Kim, CGO Staff (1997)
"... tsunami height (5 m) was recorded by the echo sounder from a medium-size
fishing trawler No. 84-33 (Captain NA Kukushkin) in ..."
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