It's an acronym for SOund Navigation And Ranging, pretty much the same as RADAR, RAdio Detection And Ranging, but working with sound waves instead of radio waves. Both got their big break in WWII.
The word "sonar" is originated from the United States of America. The word is an acronym for "Sound Navigation and Ranging".Ê
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Sonar is not a word it is an acronym for sound navigation and ranging.
Sonar is an acronym.
The LAtin word for sound and noise is sonitus. There was not a word for sonars. The Romans did not have sonar. It was invented in the 1930s. Additionally, SONAR isn't a word, it's an acronym: SOund Navigation And Ranging.
"Sonar" is an abbreviation from "sound navigation ranging."
Sonar is short for sound navigation and ranging.
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Exactly the same. Sonar is Sound. We use the word sonar to indicate what use that the sound is put to- not to differentiate it from sound its self.
A submarine uses sonar, like a bat uses echolocation to see.
The word "sonar" comes from a combination of "sound" and "navigate" or "ranging." It is an acronym for Sound Navigation And Ranging. Sonar is a technology that uses sound waves to detect objects underwater.
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