Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydrophonic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-dro-phon-ic
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

By means of a hydrophone.

Example Sentences

"Even the sophisticated sonar and hydrophonic devices which cover both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans from shoreline to hundred of miles out to sea would be circumvented by this Trojan-Horse technique."
"Although others may have been sunk earlier, the first submarine confirmed lost in consequence of hydrophonic detection was the German UC-49 on August 8, 1918."
"Success for Operation Teardrop had come not from aircraft but from the tedious sonar and hydrophonic probing of the depths by surface ships."

Etymology

From hydrophone + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hydrophone

Inflected Forms

more hydrophonic (comparative) most hydrophonic (superlative)

Questions

What does hydrophonic mean?: By means of a hydrophone.
Where does hydrophonic come from?: From hydrophone + -ic.

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