单词 | echo sounding |
释义 | echo sounding in American English the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object echo-sounding in the Oil and Gas Industry (ɛkoʊ saʊndɪŋ) noun (Extractive engineering: Exploration) Echo-sounding is a method of discovering where an object is by sending pressure waves and recording the time it takes for the echo to return. Echo-sounding operates on the principle that sound travels through water at a constant speed. It is possible to discover the presence of certain minerals in the earth by echo-sounding which involves the sound of an explosion being sent down through the earth and reflectedback up again. Echo-sounding is a method of discovering where an object is by sending pressure waves and recordingthe time it takes for the echo to return. |
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