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sonobuoy

noun

Etymology

From sono- + buoy.

  1. derived from *gʷṓws✻ — “cow”
  2. derived from βόεος
  3. derived from boia — “a (leather) collar, band, fetter”
  4. derived from buie — “fetter, chain”
  5. derived from boeye — “shackle, fetter”
  6. inherited from *baukną✻
  7. derived from *baukn✻ — “beacon”
  8. derived from boue — “piece of wood or cork that floats above an anchor to indicate where it is anchored”
  9. derived from boeye — “float, buoy”
  10. inherited from boy
  11. prefixed as sonobuoy — “sono + buoy”

Definitions

  1. A buoy that sends a radio signal when it detects the sound of underwater objects (such as…

    A buoy that sends a radio signal when it detects the sound of underwater objects (such as submarines).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sonobuoy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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