Echolocation vs Ultrasonic - What's the difference?
echolocation | ultrasonic |
The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar.
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, title= (acoustics) Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher.
As a noun echolocation
is the use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar.As an adjective ultrasonic is
beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher.echolocation
English
Noun
(en noun)William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=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.}}
