SONAR
What does "SONAR" mean?
A system that uses sound waves to detect and locate underwater objects.
Meanings
- A technique or device that uses emitted sound pulses and their echoes to detect, locate, or measure underwater objects. The submarine used sonar to map the seafloor.
- The biological equivalent of this, the echolocation used by animals like bats and dolphins. A dolphin's natural sonar can find fish buried in sand.
Did you know?
- 'Sonar' isn't really a word but an acronym: SOund Navigation And Ranging, coined in World War II and modelled on the slightly older term 'radar'.
Word origin
An acronym coined during World War II from 'SOund Navigation And Ranging', formed on the model of the earlier word 'radar'.
Remember it
SONAR = SOund Navigation And Ranging — each letter is the start of a word in the name.
A little poem
A click into dark-
the sea answers back its shape
in returning sound.
haiku
Wordplay
- The submarine and the bat compared notes. Turns out they both navigate by sound advice.
What it teaches
Sometimes you learn a thing's shape only by what your own voice sends back from it.
Quick facts
What does SONAR mean?
A system that uses sound waves to detect and locate underwater objects.
Is SONAR a valid word?
Yes — SONAR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SONAR?
SONAR has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SONAR come from?
An acronym coined during World War II from 'SOund Navigation And Ranging', formed on the model of the earlier word 'radar'.
What can SONAR teach us?
Sometimes you learn a thing's shape only by what your own voice sends back from it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.