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echo sounding
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echo sounding [′ek·ō ‚sau̇nd·iŋ]
(engineering)
Determination of the depth of water by measuring the time interval between emission of a sonic or ultrasonic signal and the return of its echo from the sea bottom.


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Makris and his colleagues next intend to test their echo-sounding methods on the ice shelves that fringe Antarctica.
 
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