OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5035

echolocation

/ˌɛkoʊloʊˈkeɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ecolocalización
The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures.
Now similarly with the aquatic mammals, we know that they can make sounds. We are beginning to get information—although no curves yet—on their sensitivity of hearing. These need to…
Since there is no convenient term available to describe this process of locating obstacles by means of echoes, I suggest the word echolocation[…]. The meaning of this word, and a c…
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