echolocation

Betekenis (Engels)

The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures.

Concepten

echo-sondeerapparaat

Synoniemen

echo sounding

echo ranging

Vertalingen

écholocation

écholocalisation

Sonar

Echolotung

Unterwasserschallgerät

Echoortung

Sonargerät

sonar

ecogoniometro

idrofono

asdic

ecolocalización

sonar

🔉

sonar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˌɛkoʊloʊˈkeɪʃən/

Etymologie (Engels)

Coined by American zoologist Donald Griffin in 1944, from echo- + location.