echo time

noun

The time between a sound or pulse of radio waves being produced and the receipt of the corresponding echo

Meanings

nounecho time (plural echo times)

plural echo times

  1. The time between a sound or pulse of radio waves being produced and the receipt of the corresponding echo
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