hydrophone
noun
hy·dro·phone
ˈhī-drə-ˌfōn 
: an instrument for listening to sound transmitted through water
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Along its length were strung a system of hydrophones and other sensors.
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2024
Faraway hydrophones then picked up the sound and mistook its place of origin.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
Ringing the ‘dinner bell’ Between 2022 and 2023, at least eight male elephant seals, ages four to seven, were seen on camera and detected by hydrophones at Ocean Network Canada’s subsea cabled observatory NEPTUNE.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2024
Researchers are working with hydrophones and robotic fish to make contact in a seven-square-mile stretch of the Caribbean, off the coast of Dominica.
—T. Nelson Thompson, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2024
Faraway hydrophones then picked up the sound and mistook its place of origin.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
Ringing the ‘dinner bell’ Between 2022 and 2023, at least eight male elephant seals, ages four to seven, were seen on camera and detected by hydrophones at Ocean Network Canada’s subsea cabled observatory NEPTUNE.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2024
Researchers are working with hydrophones and robotic fish to make contact in a seven-square-mile stretch of the Caribbean, off the coast of Dominica.
—T. Nelson Thompson, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024
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hydrophone
noun
hy·dro·phone
ˈhī-drə-ˌfōn
: an instrument for listening to sound transmitted through water
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