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Definition of Pinger
1. Noun. A pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar.
Definition of Pinger
1. Noun. A device that emits a short, high-pitched sound bust (i.e. goes, "ping!") such as in sonar or other echo location systems. ¹
2. Noun. A device that periodically emits a signal that can be monitored to permit movement tracking. ¹
3. Noun. A computer program that sends a ping message over a network. ¹
4. Noun. A user of a ping program; one who pings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pinger
1. a device for producing pulses of sound [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinger
Literary usage of Pinger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTechnology (1994)
"Many users therefore equip these instruments with automatic pinger devices in
... If a pinger-equipped instrument is believed to be lost in the vicinity of ..."
2. Register by University of California, Berkeley, California, University (1916)
"3(1). Introduction to Technical Reading. (2) Assistant Professor pinger. 8105(3)
Classics of the Eighteenth Century. (2) Assistant Professor pinger. ..."
3. The History and Achievements of the Fort Sheridan Officers' Training Camps by Fort Sheridan Association, Fred Girton (1920)
"FIRST LIEUTENANT WALTER LOUIS pinger Battalion Scout Officer, 1st Battalion, ...
Lieutenant pinger was born in St. Joseph, Mo., on January 28, 1896. ..."
4. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"Dr. pinger got his undergraduate training at San Jose State in California, ...
Dr. pinger: Farmers, ranchers, and others employed in agriculture are, ..."
5. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTechnology (1994)
"Many users therefore equip these instruments with automatic pinger devices in
... If a pinger-equipped instrument is believed to be lost in the vicinity of ..."
6. Register by University of California, Berkeley, California, University (1916)
"3(1). Introduction to Technical Reading. (2) Assistant Professor pinger. 8105(3)
Classics of the Eighteenth Century. (2) Assistant Professor pinger. ..."
7. The History and Achievements of the Fort Sheridan Officers' Training Camps by Fort Sheridan Association, Fred Girton (1920)
"FIRST LIEUTENANT WALTER LOUIS pinger Battalion Scout Officer, 1st Battalion, ...
Lieutenant pinger was born in St. Joseph, Mo., on January 28, 1896. ..."
8. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"Dr. pinger got his undergraduate training at San Jose State in California, ...
Dr. pinger: Farmers, ranchers, and others employed in agriculture are, ..."