hydrophone

noun

hy·​dro·​phone ˈhī-drə-ˌfōn How to pronounce hydrophone (audio)
: an instrument for listening to sound transmitted through water

Examples of hydrophone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But the group conducting the search on Saturday and Sunday might be the best equipped ever, with infrared cameras, flying and underwater drones, and a hydrophone that can pick up acoustic signals 60 feet below the water's surface. Harold Maass, The Week, 26 Aug. 2023 The hydrophones used in the dolphin study also allowed the team to track how the dolphins are distributed along the mosaic of the floodplains. Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023 In the study, the team used five hydrophones submerged between 9.8 and 16 feet deep to survey 308 square miles of the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve in Brazil where the Japurá and Solimõesrivers meet. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 July 2023 Hunters will also use a hydrophone that can pick up acoustic signals 60-feet below the surface of the loch -- although nobody is quite sure what an age-old water beast sounds like. Jennifer Hassanand Adela Suliman The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2023 During the search for the creature, known as Nessie, participants will use surveying technologies such as hydrophones, which detect sounds underwater, and drones equipped with infrared cameras, which produce thermal images of the loch. Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2023 Tickets are also being sold for four cruises available over the weekend, with the opportunity to use a 60-foot hydrophone to listen for noises in the loch. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2023 Acoustic Monitoring The team used five hydrophones to listen in on the dolphins. Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023 Three miles off the coast of Dominica, on a flat blue Caribbean sea, Pernell Francis lowers a hydrophone into the water and slides a pair of headphones over his ears. Rowan Jacobsen, Outside Online, 24 June 2020 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hydrophone was in 1860

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“Hydrophone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrophone. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.

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hydrophone

noun
hy·​dro·​phone ˈhī-drə-ˌfōn How to pronounce hydrophone (audio)
: an instrument for listening to sound transmitted through water

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