echolocation
English
/ˌɛkoʊloʊˈkeɪʃən/
noun
Definitions
- The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar.
Etymology
Compound from English echo + English location.
Origin
English
location
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anechoic English
- bilocation English
- co-location English
- colocation English
- delocation English
- echo English
- echoable English
- echoback English
- echocardiography English
- echocardiology English
- echoencephalography English
- echoendoscope English
- echoendoscopic English
- echoendoscopy English
- echoer English
- echoest English
- echoeth English
- echoey English
- echogenic English
- echogram English
- echograph English
- echography English
- echoic English
- echoise English
- echoism English
- echoist English
- echoize English
- echokinesis English
- echokinetic English
- echolalia English
- echoless English
- echolocate English
- echolocational English
- echolocator English
- echomail English
- echometer English
- echopathy English
- echophony English
- echoplanar English
- echoscope English
- echostructural English
- echostructure English
- echotextural English
- echotexture English
- echotomogram English
- echotomography English
- electrolocation English
- elocation English
- geolocation English
- hypoecho English
- immunolocation English
- interlocation English
- isoecho English
- location English
- locational English
- locationism English
- locationist English
- micro-location English
- mislocation English
- multiecho English
- multilocation English
- outecho English
- pre-echo English
- radiolocation English
- reecho English
- relocation English
- sublocation English
- translocation English
- vibroecholocation English
- locationis, locatio Latin
- locatie Dutch, Flemish
- エコー Japanese
- ロケーション Japanese
- eccho Middle English
- echo
- echoey
- echoic
- reecho
- echoer
- isoecho
- echoism
- echoeth
- outecho
- echoise
- echoize
- echoist
- echoest
- echogram
- pre-echo
- anechoic
- echoless
- echoback
- echomail
- location
- hypoecho
- echoable
- multiecho
- echometer
- echograph
- echophony
- elocation
- echoscope
- echogenic
- echolalia
- echopathy
- echography
- delocation
- echolocate
- bilocation
- colocation
- locational
- echoplanar
- relocation
- echolocator
- geolocation
- co-location
- sublocation
- mislocation
- echokinetic
- locationist
- echokinesis
- echotexture
- locationism
- echotomogram
- echotextural
- echoendoscopy
- interlocation
- echoendoscope
- translocation
- echostructure
- multilocation
- radiolocation
- micro-location
- echolocational
- echocardiology
- immunolocation
- echostructural
- echotomography
- echoendoscopic
- electrolocation
- echocardiography
- vibroecholocation
- echoencephalography