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Noun: echo sounding
  1. Determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it
    "Bats use echo sounding to navigate and hunt in the dark";
    - echolocation

Derived forms: echo soundings

Type of: fix, localisation [Brit], localization, location

Encyclopedia: Echo sounding