hydrophone
noun
hy·dro·phone
ˈhī-drə-ˌfōn 
: an instrument for listening to sound transmitted through water
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Within seconds, the system estimates earthquake magnitude, fault slip type, and tsunami potential and sends out alerts, though researchers estimate that a total of two dozen hydrophone sites would be required to make coverage global.
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 July 2025
The team learned after returning to the ship that sensitive microphones, called hydrophones, aboard the Atlantis had detected the volcanic eruption earlier in the day.
—Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 2 May 2025
This is a vast array of hydrophones connected by cables to data processing stations that listen 24 hours a day for any or all sounds in the sea.
—New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
Nearby, Birch’s long-standing giant kelp forest was fitted with hydrophones that capture and relay the sound made by a variety of animals, including notoriously noisy snapping shrimp.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 July 2025
The team learned after returning to the ship that sensitive microphones, called hydrophones, aboard the Atlantis had detected the volcanic eruption earlier in the day.
—Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 2 May 2025
This is a vast array of hydrophones connected by cables to data processing stations that listen 24 hours a day for any or all sounds in the sea.
—New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
Nearby, Birch’s long-standing giant kelp forest was fitted with hydrophones that capture and relay the sound made by a variety of animals, including notoriously noisy snapping shrimp.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
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hydrophone
noun
hy·dro·phone
ˈhī-drə-ˌfōn
: an instrument for listening to sound transmitted through water
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