Echolocation

From The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom)

See:

  • Acoustic location: The general use of sound to locate objects
  • Animal echolocation: animals emitting sound waves and listening to the echo in order to locate objects or navigate.
  • Human echolocation: the use by blind people of sound to navigate.
  • Sonar: (sound navigation and ranging) the use of sound to navigate or to locate other watercraft, usually by submarines.
  • Echo sounding: listening to the echo of sound pulses to measure the distance to the bottom of the sea, a special case of Sonar.
  • Medical ultrasonography: the use of ultrasound echos to look inside the body
  • Radar: locating objects by detecting the echo of emitted radio waves