hydrophone
noun
hy·dro·phone
ˈhī-drə-ˌfōn 
: an instrument for listening to sound transmitted through water
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This past summer, they were trained to deploy hydrophones to record baseline underwater noise in key beluga whale and narwhal habitats, as shipping
activity is expected to increase in the coming years due to ice melt.
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Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
During the 1982 experiment, researchers recorded sound using a line array of hydrophones towed behind a ship for three weeks.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Importantly, the hydrophone array captured both the emitted pressure and the particle motion.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
Along its length were strung a system of hydrophones and other sensors.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
During the 1982 experiment, researchers recorded sound using a line array of hydrophones towed behind a ship for three weeks.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Importantly, the hydrophone array captured both the emitted pressure and the particle motion.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
Along its length were strung a system of hydrophones and other sensors.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2024
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hydrophone
noun
hy·dro·phone
ˈhī-drə-ˌfōn
: an instrument for listening to sound transmitted through water
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