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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A system for determining the position of survivors lost at sea by which an explosion is set off underwater, the time needed for the waves to reach three different locations is calculated, and the position of the explosion is ascertained by triangulation.

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  • noun A system for determining the position of survivors lost at sea.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[so(und) f(ixing) a(nd) r(anging).]

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