hydrophone
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- noun
- /ˈhaɪdrəˌfoʊn/
- Specialized
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hidrófono
- The hydrophones are mimicking the sounds of a dying fish.
- underwater hydrophone
- hydrophone, an underwater microphone
- hydrophone array
Examples
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Swimming just below the surface, the calf came to within a few inches of the two hydrophones suspended from our boat's bow.
Academic text (1992) -
MN: I used the hydrophone for the flash charges and releases, as these sounds were really quiet.
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Before you start looking for it, the hydrophone has caught something.
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Also, the charge was sort of inside the flash unit, and the hydrophone picked this up far better.
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I'm picking up something on the hydrophone.
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When this baby is ready, it will be a super-high-tech hydrophone.
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Is the hydrophone on?
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Wired to the box are an underwater speaker, two hydrophones, and a keypad.
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We have one drone we affectionately call Ear Bot where we drop the drone in the water with a hydrophone and record the vocalizations.
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Danielle lowered a hydrophone into the water to record underwater sounds during their research.
Synonyms
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A device that uses sound to find objects under water
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A floating device that listens to underwater sounds and sends them to ships or planes
A machine that sends sound pulses underwater and listens for echoes to find submarines
How Sensitive
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
hydrophone = hydro + phone
The structure is clear as a scientific combining-form compound meaning 'water-sound device', but the term is specialized and not fully predictable for an average learner.
Etymology
Hydrophone comes from the parts hydro- meaning 'water' and -phone meaning 'sound', the same -phone you see in telephone and microphone. So a hydrophone is a device for listening to or recording sounds under water.