echolocation echo sounding | determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it |
sounding | the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line) |
lead line sounding line | (nautical) plumb line for determining depth |
sounding board soundboard | (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument |
sounding lead | a metal bob at the end of a sounding line |
sounding rocket | a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes |
sounding | a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line |
operational damage operational casualty | loss of military equipment in field operations |
operational cell | a terrorist cell that performs clandestine activities |
sounding board | a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication of its acceptability, I would use newspapermen as a sounding board for such policies |
sounding | making or having a sound as specified, used as a combining form, harsh-sounding |
operational in operation(p) operating(a) | being in effect or operation, de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations- Leslie Marmon Silko, bus service is in operation during the emergency, the company had several operating divisions |
sounding | having volume or deepness, sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal, the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion- Wordsworth |
operational | (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations |
high-flown high-sounding inflated | pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals), high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school, a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution |
looking sounding | appearing to be as specified, usually used as combining forms, left their clothes dirty looking, a most disagreeable looking character, angry-looking, liquid-looking, severe-looking policemen on noble horses, fine-sounding phrases, taken in by high-sounding talk |
functional usable useable operable operational | fit or ready for use or service, the toaster was still functional even after being dropped, the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable, an operational aircraft, the dishwasher is now in working order |
operational | pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result, operational difficulties, they assumed their operational positions |