asdic
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a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return
sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging
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- measuring instrument hypernym
- navigational instrument hypernym
Parts & wholes
- submarine part holonym
- pinger part meronym
- pulse generator part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | submarine |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pinger |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pulse generator |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | measuring instrument |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | navigational instrument |