"sonar" meaning in English

See sonar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsoʊ.nɑːɹ/ Audio: en-us-sonar.ogg Forms: sonars [plural]
Etymology: From SONAR, acronym of sound navigation and ranging. Coined by American scientist Frederick Vinton Hunt in the 1940s. Etymology templates: {{acronym|en|sound navigation and ranging|nocap=1}} acronym of sound navigation and ranging, {{coin|en|Frederick Vinton Hunt|in=the 1940s|nat=American|nobycat=1|occ=scientist}} Coined by American scientist Frederick Vinton Hunt in the 1940s Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sonar (countable and uncountable, plural sonars)
  1. (nautical) echolocation Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical
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  2. (nautical) A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (device): سُونار (sūnār) [masculine] (Arabic), սոնար (sonar) (Armenian), ջրատեղորոշիչ (ǰrateġorošičʻ) (Armenian), sonar [masculine] (Catalan), 聲納 (Chinese Mandarin), 声纳 (shēngnà) (Chinese Mandarin), sonaro (Esperanto), kaikuluotain (Finnish), ääniluotain (Finnish), kaikuluotaus (Finnish), sonar [masculine] (French), Sonar [neuter] (German), ηχοβολιστικό (ichovolistikó) (Greek), σόναρ (sónar) (Greek), ómsjá [feminine] (Icelandic), sónar [masculine] (Icelandic), sonar (Indonesian), pemair suara (Indonesian), idrofono [masculine] (Italian), sonar [masculine] (Italian), 音波水中探知機 (onpa suichū tanchi-ki) (Japanese), ソナー (Japanese), 음파 탐지기 (eumpa tamjigi) (Korean), asdic [masculine] (Polish), azdyk [masculine] (Polish), sonar [masculine] (Polish), sonar [masculine] (Portuguese), sonar [neuter] (Romanian), гидролока́тор (gidrolokátor) [masculine] (Russian), сона́р (sonár) [masculine] (Russian), sónar [masculine] (Spanish), sonar (Tagalog), โซนาร์ (soo-nâa) (Thai), sonar (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: SONAR [abbreviation, acronym] Derived forms: Doppler sonar Related terms: radar, lidar, sodar

Inflected forms

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        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "sonar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "word": "sonar"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "device",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "гидролока́тор"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "device",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сона́р"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "device",
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            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "device",
          "word": "sonar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "soo-nâa",
          "sense": "device",
          "word": "โซนาร์"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "device",
          "word": "sonar"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈsoʊ.nɑːɹ/"
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    },
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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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        "2": "Frederick Vinton Hunt",
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      "word": "radar"
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    {
      "word": "lidar"
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      "word": "sodar"
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        "(nautical) echolocation"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sūnār",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سُونار"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sonar",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "սոնար"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ǰrateġorošičʻ",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "ջրատեղորոշիչ"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "聲納"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēngnà",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "声纳"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "sonaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "kaikuluotain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "ääniluotain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "kaikuluotaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ichovolistikó",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "ηχοβολιστικό"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sónar",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "σόναρ"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ómsjá"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sónar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "sonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "pemair suara"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idrofono"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onpa suichū tanchi-ki",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "音波水中探知機"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "ソナー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eumpa tamjigi",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "음파 탐지기"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asdic"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azdyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gidrolokátor",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гидролока́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sonár",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сона́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sónar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "sonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "soo-nâa",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "โซนาร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "sonar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sonar"
}

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