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ID 755201 Last modified 08.12.2024
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echosounder
  • seade vee sügavuse mõõtmiseks helilainete abil
kajalood
echosounder
Usage examples
  • Echo sounder. noun. : an instrument used to find out the depth of a body of water or of an object below the surface by means of sound waves.
depth finder
Usage examples
  • Depth finder, device used on ships to determine the depth of water by measuring the time it takes a sound (sonic pulse) produced just below the water surface to return, or echo, from the bottom of the body of water. Sonic depth finders are in operation on practically every important class of ship, naval and merchant, and are also used on small craft.

Metroloogia terminibaas

ID 574807 Last modified 01.11.2024
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Domain metrologymeasuring instruments
kajalood preferred
helilokaator
sonar
hüdroakustiline kaugusmõõtur
hüdrolokaator
allveekaamera variant
echo sounding device preferred
sonar
sound locator
echo sounder
acoustic radar
echosounder
fathometer
sonic depth finder
echometer
accoustic sounder
asdic former
  • helilainete levimisel ja peegeldumisel põhinev veealune mõõtevahend veealuste objektide leidmiseks, nende kauguse ning vee sügavuse mõõtmiseks jne
  • echo sounding system for measurement of water depth
  • measurement technique that uses sound propagation under water (or occasionally in air) to navigate, communicate or to detect other vessels
kajalood preferred
Usage examples
  • Kajaloodi kasutatakse nt navigeerimise ohutuse tagamise eesmärgil.
Good to know
  • Kajalood on mõõtevahend vee sügavuse mõõtmiseks aja kaudu, mis kulub helilaine pinnalt põhja jõudmiseks ja selle kaja seadmesse tagasitulekuks.
helilokaator
sonar
Good to know
  • Võõrsõna
hüdroakustiline kaugusmõõtur
hüdrolokaator
allveekaamera variant
kalaleidmisseade variant
echo sounding device preferred
Good to know
  • Echo sounding device used in measuring the depth of water by the time required for a sound wave to travel from surface to bottom and for its echo to be returned.
sonar abbreviation
Usage examples
  • Instrument what to better the safety of navigation.
Good to know
  • Abbreviation for "sound navigation and ranging".
sound locator
echo sounder
acoustic radar
echosounder
fathometer
sonic depth finder
echometer
accoustic sounder
asdic former
Good to know
  • Asdic, later known as sonar, was a secret device for locating submerged submarines by using sound waves.

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