Usually means: Device uses sound navigation underwater.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. sonar: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sonar: Merriam-Webster
  3. sonar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sonar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sonar: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sonar: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sonar, sonar: Wordnik
  8. sonar: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. SONAR, sonar: Wiktionary
  10. sonar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sonar: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sonar: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sonar: Dictionary.com
  14. sonar: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. SONAR (Symantec), SONAR, Sonar (band), Sonar (comics), Sonar (disambiguation), Sonar (keelboat), Sonar (mobile application), Sonar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. sonar: Rhymezone
  17. soar: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. SONAR: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  19. sonar: FreeDictionary.org
  20. sonar: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. sonar: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sonar: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SONAR: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Sonar: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  3. Sonar: Underwater Archaeology Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sonar: Urban Dictionary

Tech (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. sonar: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. SONAR: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  3. sonar: Electronics
  4. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  5. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)
  7. Chemical Fact Sheet (No longer online)
  8. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (nautical) echolocation
noun:  (nautical) A device that uses hydrophones (in the same manner as radar) to locate objects underwater.
noun:  Acronym of sound navigation and ranging.

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