ALL meanings of hydrophone
hy·dro·phone
H h - noun hydrophone a device for locating sources of sound under water, as for detecting submarines by the noise of their engines. 1
- noun hydrophone an instrument employing the principles of the microphone, used to detect the flow of water through a pipe. 1
- noun hydrophone Medicine/Medical. an instrument used in auscultation, whereby sounds are intensified through a column of water. 1
- noun hydrophone A microphone that detects sound waves under water. 1
- noun hydrophone an electroacoustic transducer that converts sound or ultrasonic waves travelling through water into electrical oscillations 0
- noun hydrophone an instrument for detecting, and registering the distance and direction of, sound transmitted through water 0
- noun hydrophone a transducer that converts underwater sound waves into electrical signals, rather like a microphone. 0