Akademik

locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions

: the location of enemy weapons and the adjusting of friendly fire by timing (as with microphones) sounds from accurately surveyed points — compare flash ranging, sonar

a method for determining the distance between a point and the position of a sound source by measuring the time lapse between the origin of the sound and its arrival at the point.

sound ranging noun (acoustics)

The calculation of position by timing the arrival of sound waves from (three or more) known positions

Main Entry: ↑sound

sound ranging,

echo ranging; echolocation.