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Submarine detecting device
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hydrophone
Word definitions for hydrophone in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a transducer that converts underwater sound waves into electrical signals, rather like a microphone
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
thumb|upright=0.6|A hydrophone A hydrophone ( Ancient Greek ὕδωρ = water and φωνή = sound) is a microphone designed to be used underwater for recording or listening to underwater sound . Most hydrophones are based on a piezoelectric transducer that generates ...
Usage examples of hydrophone.
Anyone listening with hydrophones or studying a sonar scope would be confused, would judge that a school of porpoises had penetrated the cavern and then gone berserk.
However, the use of super-sensitive hydrophones (designed to eavesdrop on enemy submarines) has recently resulted in the astonishing discovery that the rorquals are amongst the most "talkative" of living beings.
Chief Delaney paced back and forth behind his sonarmen, each of whom were monitoring a specific hydrophone array.
Could be a sub, hears us as something big on his hydrophones, not sure of our course and speed and wants us to answer and give him a line of sight for his tin fish.