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What is a sonar?

What is a sonar? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) echolocation
  2. (nautical) A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater.
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New moves will be made this weekend by divers armed with sonar scarers used on fish farms to return him to the wild.
Lidar is a remote sensing technique that uses laser light in much the same way that sonar uses sound or radar uses radio waves.
The system also has three flank arrays on both the port and starboard sides and an intercept sonar.
The ship lost its sonar dome and the starboard stabiliser in the grounding.
Whilst sound carries better in water than in air, that hasn't stopped mammals from using sonar in the air too.
Like bats, dolphins use echolocation, an internal sonar system, to help them navigate, avoid predators and find food.

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