hydrophone
noun
hy·dro·phone
ˈhī-drə-ˌfōn 
: an instrument for listening to sound transmitted through water
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These large wearables, built around an underwater computer, featured hydrophones to detect and record dolphin vocalizations, speakers to play artificial whistles in the water, and a specialized interface that divers could use underwater.
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New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025
To carefully record any sounds made, the team transferred the sharks to individual tanks equipped with underwater microphones or hydrophones.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
To monitor and track these baleen whales, scientists deploy underwater microphones called hydrophones.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2025
One popular post featured a drone image of a polar bear taken during the hydrophone mission.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
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New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025
To carefully record any sounds made, the team transferred the sharks to individual tanks equipped with underwater microphones or hydrophones.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
To monitor and track these baleen whales, scientists deploy underwater microphones called hydrophones.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2025
One popular post featured a drone image of a polar bear taken during the hydrophone mission.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Hydrophone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrophone. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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hydrophone
noun
hy·dro·phone
ˈhī-drə-ˌfōn
: an instrument for listening to sound transmitted through water
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