Echolocation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From echo + location.

Full definition of echolocation

Noun

1. The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar.
• 2013, William E. Conner, An Acoustic Arms Race, Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.

Related terms

• echolocate