Dictionary Definition
echolocation n : determining the location of
something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from
it [syn: echo
sounding]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
Translations
use of echos to detect objects
- Finnish: kaikuluotaus
- Romanian: ecolocaţie
- Russian: эхолокация [ekholokatsiya]
Extensive Definition
Echolocation may refer to:
- Acoustic location, the general use of sound to locate objects
- Animal echolocation, non-human animals emitting sound waves and listening to the echo in order to locate objects or navigate
- Human echolocation, the use by people of sound to navigate
- Sonar (sound navigation and ranging), the use of sound to navigate or to locate other watercraft, usually by submarines
- Echo sounding, listening to the echo of sound pulses to measure the distance to the bottom of the sea, a special case of Sonar
- Medical ultrasonography, the use of ultrasound echos to look inside the body
- Echolocation (album), a 2001 album by Fruit Bats
See also
- Radar, locating objects by detecting the echo of emitted radio waves
- Time to Echolocate, a 2005 album by The Ebb and Flow
echolocation in Czech: Echolokace
echolocation in German: Echoortung
echolocation in Spanish: Ecolocalización
echolocation in French: Écholocation
echolocation in Dutch: Echolocatie
echolocation in Polish:
Echolokacja