seafaring navigation sailing r | the work of a sailor |
navigation pilotage piloting | the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place |
celestial navigation astronavigation | navigating according to the positions of the stars |
inertial guidance inertial navigation | a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to inertial forces |
sound ranging | locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions |
sound reproduction | the reproduction of sound |
navigation | ship traffic, the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts |
audio system sound system | a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound |
hi-fi high fidelity sound system | equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity |
inertial guidance system inertial navigation system | a system to control a plane or spacecraft, uses inertial forces |
navigation light | light on an airplane that indicates the plane's position and orientation, red light on the left (port) wing tip and green light on the right (starboard) wing tip |
radar microwave radar radio detection and ranging radiolocation | measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects |
range pole ranging pole flagpole | surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide, used for sightings by surveyors |
sonar echo sounder asdic | 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, asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee |
sound bow | contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes |
sound camera | a movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images |
sound film | motion-picture film with sound effects and dialogue recorded on it |
sound hole | a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones |
sound recording audio recording audio | a recording of acoustic signals |
sound spectrograph | a spectrograph for acoustic spectra |
sound truck | a truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising |
judgment judgement sound judgment sound judgement perspicacity | the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions |
sound | the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause, the sound of rain on the roof, the beautiful sound of music |
sound property | an attribute of sound |
echo reverberation sound reflection replication | the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves, she could hear echoes of her own footsteps |
acoustic power sound pressure level | the physical intensity of sound |
auditory perception sound perception | the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon |
sound auditory sensation | the subjective sensation of hearing something, he strained to hear the faint sounds |
sound effect | an effect that imitates a sound called for in the script of a play |
morphology sound structure syllable structure word structure | the admissible arrangement of sounds in words |
sound law | a law describing sound changes in the history of a language |
audio sound | the audible part of a transmitted signal, they always raise the audio for commercials |
phonetic alphabet sound alphabet | an alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech |
phone speech sound sound | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language |
vowel vowel sound | a speech sound made with the vocal tract open |
stop consonant stop occlusive plosive consonant plosive speech sound plosive | a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it, his stop consonants are too aspirated |
sonant voiced sound | a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords |
sound bite | a very short speech, usually on radio or television |
sound wave acoustic wave | (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound |
sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event, the sound awakened them |
Long Island Sound | a sound between Long Island and Connecticut |
Puget Sound | an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State |
Queen Charlotte Sound | an inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia |
sound | a large ocean inlet or deep bay, the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast |
strait sound | a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water |
sound | mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium, falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them |
sound pressure instantaneous sound pressure | the difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and the average pressure at that point |
sonic barrier sound barrier | the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound |
sound spectrum acoustic spectrum | the distribution of energy as a function of frequency for a particular sound source |
projection acoustic projection sound projection | the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality, our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection, a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice |