Crossword clues for fathometer
Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) A depth finder that uses sound waves to determine the depth of water.
WordNet
n. depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves [syn: sonic depth finder]
Usage examples of "fathometer".
He turned on the fathometer, and in moments the Cobia Hole rose in graphic relief on the screen.
It was only a matter of time before a Fathometer or sonar picked up the outline of the hulks.
Aboard this vessel was a fancy new depth sounder called a fathometer, which was designed to facilitate inshore maneuvers during beach landings, but Hess realized that it could equally well be used for scientific purposes and never switched it off, even when far out at sea, even in the heat of battle.
Sherman concentrated on the flickering red light of the Fathometer and saving his boat.
Every scientific detection device was undoubtedly used-magnetometers, sensitive Fathometers, underwater television cameras, the works.
Farther aft, a man at the surface fathometer was reading out ice-thickness figures in a quiet, unemotional voice.
On the fathometer and on the roiled viewscreen in front of him, the bottom of the ocean met the ramparts of the old volcano in a solid wall of tortured lava!