Definition/Meaning of sonar

• English - Noun: sonar ( plural sonars ) ( nautical ) echolocation ( nautical ) A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater . Synonyms SONAR ( acronym of sound navigation and ranging ) Derived terms Doppler sonar See also radar lidar Translations
• English - Etymology: From SONAR , acronym from so und na vigation and r anging .
• English - Anagrams: arson roans sorna
• Catalan - Etymology: From so , or from Latin sonāre , present active infinitive of sonō , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swen- ( “ to sound , resound ” ).
• Catalan - Verb: sonar ( first-person singular present sono , past participle sonat ) to sound , to make a sound to ring , to buzz Conjugation