| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| espanja | sónar |
| esperanto | sonaro |
| italia | idrofono, asdic, ecogoniometro |
| japani | 音波水中探知機 (onpa suichū tanchi-ki) |
| kreikka | βυθομέτρου (vythométrou) |
| portugali | sonar |
| ranska | sonar |
| ruotsi | ekolod |
| saksa | Sonar |
| suomi | kaikuluotaus, kaikuluotain, ääniluotain |
| venäjä | гидролока́тор (gidrolokátor), сона́р (sonár), сонар (sonar) |
| Monikko | sonars |
(nautical, usually uncountable) Artificial echolocation by use of electronic equipment, with hydrophones to locate objects underwater, using the same wave-analysis principles that radar uses.
A sonar image of the Soviet Navy minesweeper T-297, formerly the Latvian Virsaitis, which was shipwrecked in December 1941 in the Gulf of Finland.
(nautical, countable) A device that provides such echolocation.
French F70 type frigates (here, La Motte-Picquet) are fitted with VDS (variable depth sonar) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C towed sonars.
(nautical, usually uncountable) Artificial echolocation by use of electronic equipment, with hydrophones to locate objects underwater, using the same wave-analysis principles that radar uses.
The principle of an active sonar