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echo

echo

38 6.6
A signal that returns after bouncing off something, used by radar or television
  • noun
  • /ˈɛkoʊ/
  • Specialized
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  • Look, these are echo soundings and deep vibration tests made in the fault area.
  • spin echo
  • echo integration
  • photon echo

Nyesh and his group did find an echo signal in the gravitational wave data.

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Examples

  • Our tracking station in Singapore reported faint echoes of this craft coming down in the Sea of Japan area.

  • Nyesh and his group did find an echo signal in the gravitational wave data.

  • Is there an echo on this phone?

  • The hook echo is huge.

  • Could be a satellite echo.

  • So this is the pulse echo combination.

  • Ping the wire and the pulse echo will tell you how far away it is.

  • Based on the Doppler shift of the returned echo, the water velocity can be mapped as a function of its position.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Separation of fish echoes from bottom echoes is subject to physical and operational limitations.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The technician analyzed the echo to ensure the signal was strong enough for reliable communication.

Synonyms

radar echo
vsecho
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A signal that bounces back to a radio device and shows where something is

is a broad reflected broadcast for television or radio not for object position detection

Compounds

echo chamber
  • Literature
9 7.3

A place where people only hear opinions like their own

echo chamber
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A room made to make sound bounce and create echoes

echo sounder
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A device that measures water depth by sending sound and timing the echo

radar echo
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A signal that bounces back to a radio device and shows where something is

echo sounding
  • Specialized
6.1

A way to find water depth and underwater objects by sending sound and measuring its return time

How Strong

echo
  • Specialized
38 6.6
backscattering
  • Specialized
7.8

Surface Forms

echo singular
echoes plural

Etymology

The word echo is used for radar or TV signals that 'return' after bouncing off an object, borrowing the same idea of a sound that comes back after hitting a surface.