sofar

sofar
/soh"fahr/, n.
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
[1945-50; so(und) f(ixing) a(nd) r(anging)]

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