ensonify

ensonify

[en′sän·i·fī]
(acoustics)
To fill the ocean or any fluid medium with acoustic radiation, which is then observed and analyzed to study the medium or to locate or image objects within it. Also spelled insonify.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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