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echolocation

ec·ho·lo·cation

US/ˌɛkoʊloʊˈkeɪʃən/ uncommon

noun

1.

determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it

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Origin

Coined by American zoologist Donald Griffin in 1944, from echo- + location.

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