echo : Idioms & Phrases
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echo chamber
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noun an enclosed space for producing reverberation of a sound
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Echo organ
(Mus.) , a set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as to produce a soft, distant effect; generally superseded by the swell.
Webster 1913
echo sounder
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noun a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return
sonar; asdic.
- sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging
- asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee
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echo sounding
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noun determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it
echolocation.
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Echo stop
(Mus.) , a stop upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound.
Webster 1913
radar echo
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noun an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object
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re-echo
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noun the echo of an echo
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Tautological echo
- an echo that repeats the same sound or syllable many times.
Webster 1913
To applaud to the echo
- to give loud and continuous applause.
Webster 1913
Wood echo
- an echo from the wood.