hydrophonic
English
Etymology
hydrophone + -ic
Adjective
hydrophonic (comparative more hydrophonic, superlative most hydrophonic)
- By means of a hydrophone.
- 2008, Patrick Cunningham, The Dusa Affair, page 55:
- Even the sophisticated sonar and hydrophonic devices which cover both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans from shoreline to hundred of miles out to sea would be circumvented by this Trojan-Horse technique.
- 2009, Spencer Tucker, A global chronology of conflict:
- Although others may have been sunk earlier, the first submarine confirmed lost in consequence of hydrophonic detection was the German UC-49 on August 8, 1918.
- 2013, Carl P. LaVO, Pushing the Limits: The Remarkable Life and Times of Vice Adm. Allan McCann, USN:
- Success for Operation Teardrop had come not from aircraft but from the tedious sonar and hydrophonic probing of the depths by surface ships.