ECHOLOCATION

Meaning of ECHOLOCATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌe-kō-lō-ˈkā-shən ]

noun

Date: circa 1944

: a physiological process for locating distant or invisible objects (as prey) by sound waves reflected back to the emitter (as a bat) from the objects

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

ECHOLOCATION — noun Date: circa 1944 a physiological process for locating distant or invisible objects (as prey) by sound waves reflected back …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ECHOLOCATION — Physiological process for locating distant or invisible objects (such as prey) by emitting sound waves that are reflected back to …
Английский словарь Британика
ECHOLOCATION — | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: echo (I) + location 1. : a process that is used by an animal (as a bat) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ECHOLOCATION — /ek'oh loh kay"sheuhn/ , n. 1. the general method of locating objects by determining the time for an echo to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ECHOLOCATION — n. method of locating objects by calculating the amount of time it takes for an echo to return (as in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ECHOLOCATION — [ 'ɛkə(ʊ)lə(ʊ)ˌkeɪʃ(ə)n ] ■ noun the location of objects by reflected sound, in particular as used by animals such as …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ECHOLOCATION — [echo.lo.ca.tion] n (ca. 1944): a physiological process for locating distant or invisible objects (as prey) by means of sound waves …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ECHOLOCATION — a physiological process for locating distant or invisible objects (such as prey) by means of sound waves reflected back to …
Britannica English vocabulary
ECHOLOCATION — echolocation BrE AmE ˌek əʊ lə ʊ ˈkeɪʃ ə n AmE \ -oʊ loʊ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ECHOLOCATION — / ˌekəʊləʊˈkeɪʃn; NAmE ˌekoʊloʊ-/ noun [ U ] the use of reflected sound waves for finding things, especially by creatures …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ECHOLOCATION — also echo-location Echolocation is a system used by some animals to determine the position of an object by measuring how …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ECHOLOCATION — also echo-location Echolocation is a system used by some animals to determine the position of an object by measuring how …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ECHOLOCATION — n. Physiological process for locating distant or invisible objects (such as prey) by emitting sound waves that are reflected back …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ECHOLOCATION — спец. эхолокация (специальное) эхолокация
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ECHOLOCATION — Эхолокация
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ECHOLOCATION — n спец. эхолокация
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ECHOLOCATION — эхолотирование; эхолокация
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
ECHOLOCATION — эхолотирование; эхолокация
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
ECHOLOCATION — (n) эхолокация
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
ECHOLOCATION — n спец. эхолокация
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ECHOLOCATION — n спец. эхолокация
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ECHOLOCATION — эхоскопия
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
ECHOLOCATION — спец. эхолокация (специальное) эхолокация
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ECHOLOCATION — n. Pronunciation: ˌ e-k ō -l ō - ' k ā -sh ə n Function: noun Date: circa 1944 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FRUIT BAT — noun Date: 1877 any of a family (Pteropodidae of the suborder Megachiroptera) of often large tropical and subtropical Old World …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FRUIT BAT — Any of numerous tropical Old World bat s in the family Pteropodidae as well as several species of herbivorous New …
Английский словарь Британика
ECHOLOCATE — ¦ekōˌ verb Etymology: echo (I) + locate transitive verb : to find by echolocation a bat echolocates food intransitive verb …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAPRIMULGIFORM — (order Caprimulgiformes), any member of about 100 species of soft-plumaged birds, the major groups of which are called nightjars, nighthawks, …
Britannica English vocabulary
BULLDOG BAT — ( familyNoctilionidae ) either of two tropical Central and South American bats that are among the few bats that routinely …
Britannica English vocabulary
BAT — a member of any of some 900 species of flying mammals. Bats are the only mammals to have evolved true …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHALE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FRUIT BAT — Any of numerous tropical Old World bat s in the family Pteropodidae as well as several species of herbivorous New …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

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