noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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use
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Observations of Freddy led them to conclude that dolphins use sonar while hunting.
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They used sonar in a search for the voice and data recorders and the aircraft engines, among other components.
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We used three kinds or sonar apparatus.
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In that case, the mud prevented investigators from using sonar to locate the voice and data recorders.
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There is another dark world where animals use sonar to find their way around.
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Navy salvage experts used sonar to help locate the area of submerged wreckage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A dolphin is able to produce sonar clicks by forcing air through special passages and sinuses in its head.
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And, the Navy is having trouble filling shipboard billets with enough sonar and fire control technicians, who require extensive schooling.
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Distinguishing between active sonar returns from mines and returns from rocks and debris on the sea floor is difficult.
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Navy salvage experts used sonar to help locate the area of submerged wreckage.
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Something in the loch has produced some very peculiar sonar traces on some very sophisticated equipment, and that something demands explanation.
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The sonar watch on the ticking device in the crashed bomber was now continuous.
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The Lowrance company introduced the first civilian sonar in 1957.
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They carry simple Kelvan Hughes sonar and Racal-Decca radar.