spa: sonar

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has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/spa/sonar

Meaning
means	(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 is an acronym for sound navigation ranging"; "asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee" sonar, echo sounder, asdic
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means	(verb) make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church" ring, knell