ECHOLOCATION

Meaning of ECHOLOCATION in English

/ ˌekəʊləʊˈkeɪʃn; NAmE ˌekoʊloʊ-/ noun

[ U ] the use of reflected sound waves for finding things, especially by creatures such as dolphins and bats

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — noun Date: circa 1944 : a physiological process for locating distant or invisible objects (as prey) by sound waves reflected …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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 — 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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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