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hydrophone - Encyclopedia.com |
 | | hydrophone, device that receives underwater sound waves and converts them to electrical energy; the voltage generated can then be read on a meter or played through a loudspeaker. |
 | | The hydrophone is the marine equivalent of the microphone, which receives and converts sound waves in air. |
 | | A hydrophone, used to detect objects in water, sits on Bob Eller's lawn in Gloucester, Virginia. |
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