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sonar

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 27.10.2026

Meanings

helilainete levimisel ja peegeldumisel põhinev veealune navigatsioonisüsteem või -seade (nt veealuste objektide leidmiseks, vee sügavuse mõõtmiseks)
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Usage examples
  • Spetsialistid uurisid laevavrakki veealuse roboti, sonari ja videokaameraga.

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Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics

Geoinformaatika

ID 1143971 Last modified 27.10.2026
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Domain remote sensing
sonar
kajalood
sonar
  • helilainete levimisel ja peegeldumisel põhinev mõõtevahend veealuste objektide kauguse ja kuju mõõtmiseks
Related
sonar
Usage examples
  • Aktiivne sonar väljastab suunatud helisid ja veealused mikrofonid ehk hüdrofonid võtavad erinevatelt objektidelt tagasi peegelduvat heli vastu.
kajalood
Usage examples
  • Kajalood – aktiivsonar, millega mõõdetakse laeva kiilu ja merepõhja või laeva ja vees oleva objekti vahelist kaugust.
hüdrolokaator
Usage examples
  • Helilaineid kasutavad kajalood ja hüdrolokaator e sonar, pinnases levivaid laineid seismoloogilised seadmed; geofüüsikalises kaugseires mõõdetakse gravitatsioonimuutusi…
sonar abbreviation
Usage examples
  • Other remote sensing systems such as sonar (sound navigation ranging) permit underwater imaging, so that at last the true surface form of the lithosphere can be appreciated.
echo sounder
Usage examples
  • A single-beam echo sounder is one of the simplest and most fundamental types of underwater sonar.

Nahkhiirte terminibaas

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  • lennu ajal nahkhiire tekitatav järjestikuste impulsside jada, mille abil loom orienteerub
sonar abbreviation

Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction

Merenduse terminikogu

ID 756613 Last modified 29.11.2024
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sonar preferred
sonar
  • seade veealuste objektide tuvastamiseks helilainete abil
  • technique, that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, measure distances (ranging), communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels
sonar preferred
hüdrolokaator
sonar abbreviation
asdic
Usage examples
  • Asdic, later known as sonar, was a secret device for locating submerged submarines by using sound waves. It was named after the Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee. It consisted of an electronic sound transmitter and receiver.

Metroloogia terminibaas

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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.

Word forms

Inflection Type 2e

sonar sonarid
sonari sonarite
sonarit sonareid

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