echolocation

1. 1.

   determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it

   Synonymsecho sounding

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Other forms of echolocation

plural

echolocations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about echolocation

What does echolocation mean?

echolocation means "determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it".

How many syllables are in echolocation?

echolocation has 5 syllables: ec-ho-lo-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˌɛkoʊloʊˈkeɪʃən/.

What is another word for echolocation?

Close synonyms include echo sounding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is echolocation a common word?

echolocation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with echolocation?

104 words rhyme with echolocation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.