echo
- noun
- /ˈɛkoʊ/
- Specialized
- 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.
- Nyesh and his group did find an echo signal in the gravitational wave data.
- It's basically constantly sending echo location waves and it's receiving them back.
Examples
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Our tracking station in Singapore reported faint echoes of this craft coming down in the Sea of Japan area.
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Nyesh and his group did find an echo signal in the gravitational wave data.
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Is there an echo on this phone?
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The hook echo is huge.
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Could be a satellite echo.
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So this is the pulse echo combination.
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Ping the wire and the pulse echo will tell you how far away it is.
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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
A signal that bounces back to a radio device and shows where something is
Compounds
- Specialized
A device that measures water depth by sending sound and timing the echo
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A signal that bounces back to a radio device and shows where something is
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A way to find water depth and underwater objects by sending sound and measuring its return time
How Strong
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Surface Forms
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.