Associations to the word «Echolocation»

Wiktionary

ECHOLOCATION, noun. The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar.

Dictionary definition

ECHOLOCATION, noun. Determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats