Editing Echolocation

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'''Echolocation''' is the use of [[sound]] as a form of navigation.

==Navigation using sound==
* [[Acoustic location]], the general use of sound to locate objects.
** [[Animal echolocation]], non-human animals emitting sound waves and listening to the echo in order to locate objects or navigate.
** [[Human echolocation]], the use of sound by people to navigate.
** [[Sonar]] ('''so'''und '''n'''avigation '''a'''nd '''r'''anging), the use of sound on water or underwater, to navigate or to locate other watercraft, usually by submarines.
** [[Echo sounding]], listening to the echo of sound pulses to measure the distance to the bottom of the sea, a special case of Sonar.
** [[Medical ultrasonography]], the use of ultrasound echoes to look inside the body.

==Other==
* [[Echolocation (album)|''Echolocation'' (album)]], a 2001 album by Fruit Bats
* ''Echolocation'', a 2017 album by [[Gone Is Gone]]

==See also==
* [[Radar]], locating objects by detecting the echo of emitted radio waves
* [[Lidar]], locating objects by detecting the echo of emitted laser beams
* ''[[Time to Echolocate]]'', a 2005 album by The Ebb and Flow

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