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sonar
[noun]
A technique to transmit high-frequency sound waves through water then measure how long it takes for the waves to be reflected and returned. Used as a means for detecting the depth of water or for finding objects under water.
Appears in modules:
- Data Analysis and Interpretation Revealing and explaining trends
- Diffusion I Random molecular movement and influences on diffusion rate
- Measurement Units, measuring strategies, and error
- Origins of Plate Tectonic Theory From early ideas to mapping the ocean floor
- Statistics in Science Origins of descriptive and inferential statistics
- Substances Pure substances and mixtures
- Thermodynamics I Caloric theory, latent heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics
- Uncertainty, Error, and Confidence Characterizing natural variability and human error
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