Explore Sonars through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Sonars meaning
plural of sonar
Using Sonars
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of sonar
- In the example corpus, sonars often appears in combinations such as: sonars are, frequency sonars, sonars have.
Context around Sonars
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sonars
- In this selection, "sonars" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, military, civilian, passive, enabled, range and typically stand out and add context to how "sonars" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include active military sonars in capability and advanced passive sonars enabled these. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sonars" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sonars
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Such sonars are primarily active in operation. (7 words)
Japanese WW2 sonars operated at a range of frequencies. (9 words)
Radars and sonars are mostly used for military applications. (9 words)
In 1940, the US sonars typically consisted of a magnetostrictive transducer and an array of nickel tubes connected to a 1-foot-diameter steel plate attached back to back to a Rochelle salt crystal in a spherical housing. (38 words)
It is carrying eight autonomous drones, equipped with sonars and cameras, that will scour the waters in the hunt for the wreckage and can operate in depths up to 6,000 metres. (32 words)
Military sonars often have multiple beams to provide all-round cover while simple ones only cover a narrow arc, although the beam may be rotated, relatively slowly, by mechanical scanning. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Some civilian sonars (which are not designed for stealth) approach active military sonars in capability, with quite exotic three-dimensional displays of the area near the boat.
Right from the start, its highly advanced passive sonars enabled these hunters to locate and shadow their submerged and surface prey like a bloodhound on an acoustic scent.
However, it was human frailty, not sea storms or Soviet sonars, which brought an end to the intelligence bonanza.
It is carrying eight autonomous drones, equipped with sonars and cameras, that will scour the waters in the hunt for the wreckage and can operate in depths up to 6,000 metres.
The new discovery may also lead to improved sonars and echosounders—the equipment used for orientation at sea to read the undersea environment and track shoals of fish.
AN/AQS-13 Dipping sonar deployed from an H-3 Sea King Underwater communications Dedicated sonars can be fitted to ships and submarines for underwater communication.
Because of the problems of ship noise, towed sonars are also used.
Bottom type assessment Sonars have been developed that can be used to characterise the sea bottom into, for example, mud, sand, and gravel.
Frequencies and resolutions The frequencies of sonars range from infrasonic to above a megahertz.
In 1940, the US sonars typically consisted of a magnetostrictive transducer and an array of nickel tubes connected to a 1-foot-diameter steel plate attached back to back to a Rochelle salt crystal in a spherical housing.
In addition, the goal was to take advantage of modern sonars with a much larger detection range.
Japanese WW2 sonars operated at a range of frequencies.
Military sonars often have multiple beams to provide all-round cover while simple ones only cover a narrow arc, although the beam may be rotated, relatively slowly, by mechanical scanning.
Modern military submarines rely almost entirely on a suite of passive and active sonars to locate targets.
Most MCM sonars are hull mounted but a few types are VDS design.
Radars and sonars are mostly used for military applications.
Relatively simple sonars such as echo sounders can be promoted to seafloor classification systems via add-on modules, converting echo parameters into sediment type.
ROV and UUV Small sonars have been fitted to Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) to allow their operation in murky conditions.
Sonars have continued to be developed by many countries, including Russia, for both military and civil uses.
Such sonars are primarily active in operation.
Common combinations with sonars
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: