Meaning Of The Word Sofar

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sofar in American English
system for locating the site of an underwater explosion by calculations of the time the sound vibrations take to reach several shore stations
noun: a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other

sofar in British English
noun: a system for determining a position at sea, esp that of survivors of a disaster, by exploding a charge underwater at that point. The times taken for the shock waves to travel through the water to three widely separated shore stations are used to calculate

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