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hydrophonic

hydrophonic adjective: by means of a hydrophone.

Adjective

hydrophonic (comparative more hydrophonic, superlative most hydrophonic)

  1. By means of a hydrophone.
    • 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.2008, Patrick Cunningham, The Dusa Affair, page 55
    • 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, 1918.2009, Spencer Tucker, A global chronology of conflict

Forms of hydrophonic

comparativemore hydrophonic
superlativemost hydrophonic

Origin of hydrophonic

From hydrophone + -ic.

Questions about hydrophonic

What does hydrophonic mean?
Hydrophonic means by means of a hydrophone.
What part of speech is hydrophonic?
Hydrophonic is an adjective.

Words near hydrophonic in the dictionary

  1. hydrophobophobia
  2. hydrophobous
  3. hydrophoby
  4. hydrophone
  5. hydrophones
  6. hydrophonic
  7. hydrophore
  8. hydrophores
  9. hydrophosphination
  10. hydrophosphinations
  11. hydrophosphinylation

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