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Fathometer

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  • noun depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves

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Examples

  • However this was impossible since the Fathometer concurrently indicated that the ground level was almost 2,000 meters deep.

    False Front Ernsting, Walter 1976

  • Fathometer soundings showed it was on a steep upward slope of the continental shelf.

    Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor [pseud.] Appleton

  • 1928 - Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented

    magic-city-news.com 2009

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