sound ranging
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sound ranging
n.
A method for locating a source of sound, such as an enemy gun, by measuring the travel time of the sound wave to microphones at known positions.
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sound ranging
n
(Navigation) the determination of the location of a source of sound waves by measuring the time lapse between their transmission and their reception at microphones situated at three or more known positions
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| Noun | 1. | sound ranging - locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions measurement, measuring, mensuration, measure - the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" |
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