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hydrophone
[ hahy-druh-fohn ]
noun
- a device for locating sources of sound under water, as for detecting submarines by the noise of their engines.
- an instrument employing the principles of the microphone, used to detect the flow of water through a pipe.
- Medicine/Medical. an instrument used in auscultation, whereby sounds are intensified through a column of water.
hydrophone
/ ˈhaɪdrəˌfəʊn /
noun
- an electroacoustic transducer that converts sound or ultrasonic waves travelling through water into electrical oscillations
hydrophone
/ hī′drə-fōn′ /
- A device used to detect or monitor sound under water. Hydrophones are often installed or towed in arrays that can be used to pinpoint a sound source or provide sea-floor imaging as part of a sonar system.
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Example Sentences
The exasperated "C 6" pursued by hydrophone for another quarter of an hour, but the sound of the enemy's motors was then lost.
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The Adriatic Sea was an ideal place for the use of the hydrophone.
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The development of the hydrophone for anti-submarine work, both from ships and from shore stations.
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This station produced the Mark II directional hydrophone of which large numbers were ordered in 1917 for use in patrol craft.
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The alliance between the hydrophone and the depth charge is a natural one.
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