Definition of Sonobuoys

1. Noun. (plural of sonobuoy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sonobuoys

1. sonobuoy [n] - See also: sonobuoy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sonobuoys

sonnetist
sonnetists
sonnetize
sonnetized
sonnetizes
sonnetizing
sonnetlike
sonnets
sonnetted
sonnetting
sonnies
sonny
sonny Jim
sonny boy
sonobuoy
sonobuoys (current term)
sonochemical
sonochemically
sonochemistry
sonofabitch
sonofusion
sonogram
sonogramme
sonograms
sonograph
sonographer
sonographic
sonographically
sonographies
sonography

Literary usage of Sonobuoys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desertby Richard L. Weaver by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"... and use of Naval sonobuoys (as the Watson Lab acoustical sensors had not yet arrived). They also launched what they called "service flights. ..."

2. Ninth Day of Creationby Leonard Crane by Leonard Crane (2000)
"By now it was dark in the South China Sea, and the carrier's remaining S-3B—after dropping more than a dozen sonobuoys to the west and having heard ..."

3. The Clouded Lens: Persian Gulf Security and U.S. Policy by James H. Noyes (1982)
"sonobuoys and sound signals are launched from within the cabin. Maximum mission radius at 135000 Ibs. is 2383 miles. C-130H HERCULES. ..."

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