active sonar

English

Noun

active sonar (countable and uncountable, plural active sonars)

  2. A type of sonar that uses sound waves generated by the sonar equipment, as contrasted with a passive type that uses only sound waves originating from elsewhere.
    Hypernyms: sonar < imaging
    Coordinate terms: active lidar, active radar
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