ECHO SOUNDING


Meaning of ECHO SOUNDING in English

The measurement of the depth of a body of water or the distance to an object in a body of water by measuring the time it takes sound or electromagnetic waves of known velocity to reflect from the bottom of the water body or from the distant object . Note: In echo sounding , damped cw transmission is usually used.

Telecommunication standard terms English vocab.      Английский словарь стандартных телекоммуникационных терминов.