Detection device (5 letters)

{ Answer }

SONAR

{ Related Clues }

Destroyer equipment
Destroyer's "ears"
Detecting apparatus
Dolphin sense
Echo analyzer
Echolocation device
Fish locator
Marine detector
Naval acronym
Navigation device
Navigational aid
Oceanographer's aid
Salvager's equipment
Salvager's gear
Salvaging aid
School locator
School locator?
Sea tracker
Sub detector
Sub locator
Sub seeker
Sub spotter
Submarine detector
Submarine finder
Sub's "ears"
Tracking device
Underwater acronym
Underwater detector
Whale finder
Aid in removal of mines
Kin of echo ranging
Radar's underwater counterpart
Sea salvage aid
Ship salvager's aid
Submarine-detecting system
Sunken ship finder
U-boat locater
Underwater wave generator
Aid in finding sunken ships
Underwater-mine finder, e.g.

{ Tags }

acronym, aid, apparatus, boat, destroyer, detection, detector, device, ears, equipment, finder, locator, salvagers, sea, sonar, sub, submarine, subs, system, underwater, whale

{ Notes }

The answer SONAR is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SONAR as a noun:

1. (sonar, echo sounder, asdic) = a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return; "sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging"; "asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee"