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PINGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pinger mean?
• PINGER (noun)
The noun PINGER has 1 sense:
1. a pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar
Familiarity information: PINGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pinger" is a kind of...):
pulse generator (a generator of single or multiple voltage pulses; usually adjustable for pulse rate)
Holonyms ("pinger" is a part of...):
asdic; echo sounder; sonar (a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return)
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