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sofar

sofar noun: a system for determining the position of vessels lost at sea by means of explosive sounds.

Noun (1)

sofar (uncountable)

  1. A system for determining the position of vessels lost at sea by means of explosive sounds.

Noun (2) capitalized: SOFAR

SOFAR (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of sofar.

Forms of sofar

alternative formSOFAR

Origin of sofar

Shortened from sound fixing and ranging. Compare sonar.

Words formed from sofar

Phrases with sofar

Questions about sofar

What does sofar mean?
Sofar means a system for determining the position of vessels lost at sea by means of explosive sounds.
What part of speech is sofar?
Sofar is a noun.

Words near sofar in the dictionary

  1. Sofala
  2. sofalcone
  3. sofaless
  4. sofalike
  5. Sofana
  6. sofar
  7. sofar bomb
  8. sofar bombs
  9. sofar channel
  10. sofas
  11. sofasurfer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sofar (page history and authors); SOFAR (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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