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Definition of Echo sounding
1. Noun. Determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it.
Definition of Echo sounding
1. Noun. The technique of using reflected pulses of sound to determine depth or the location of objects (or fish) under water. ¹
2. Noun. A particular measurement made using this technique. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Echo Sounding
Literary usage of Echo sounding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonicsby W. Jackquelyne Klous, Robert I. Tilling by W. Jackquelyne Klous, Robert I. Tilling (1996)
"S echo-sounding measurements clearly dei strated the continuity and roughness of
i marine mountain chain in the central Ai (later called the Mid-Atlantic ..."
2. Aegean Echoes and Other Verses by Helen (Coale) Crew (1910)
"Yoho! men, yoho! and hear the echo sounding! The swift keel trembles at the stroke
of steady oars. The bellying sails are filled with breezes fresh ..."
3. The Granite Monthly (1882)
"And echo sounding far and near. I.oud and clear, Brings back to me. ha ! ha !
ha ! ha ! 0 her voice is like a bird's! This her warbling—r-et to words— "All ..."
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