Rumor hidrofónico

English translation: hydrophone noise

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Spanish term or phrase:Rumor hidrofónico
English translation:hydrophone noise
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

17:11 Aug 8, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense
Spanish term or phrase: Rumor hidrofónico
This is from a screenplay by an Argentine director that takes place in a submarine the 70s. It is simply an explanation of what one of the characters, a sonar technician, hears in his headset (no other context)

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Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 20:11
hydrophone noise
Explanation:
From Wikipedia:
A hydrophone (Ancient Greek: ὕδωρ + φωνή, lit. 'water + sound') is a microphone designed to be used underwater for recording or listening to underwater sound. Most hydrophones are based on a piezoelectric transducer that generates an electric potential when subjected to a pressure change, such as a sound wave. Some piezoelectric transducers can also serve as a sound projector, but not all have this capability, and some may be destroyed if used in such a manner.
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philgoddard
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4 +3hydrophone noise
philgoddard
4Hydrophonic buzz
Nicolas Crossa


  

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Hydrophonic buzz


Explanation:
This is a strange term, and as someone who knows nothing of physics, let alone of sonars, I can't say if it is real or made up by the writer (although it does make sense, in terms of hydro=water and phonic= sound, so sound that travels in the water). What I can say is that you want to avoid the word "rumor", so I would use "buzz" or even "noise".

Nicolas Crossa
Mexico
Local time: 17:11
Native speaker of: Spanish
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hydrophone noise


Explanation:
From Wikipedia:
A hydrophone (Ancient Greek: ὕδωρ + φωνή, lit. 'water + sound') is a microphone designed to be used underwater for recording or listening to underwater sound. Most hydrophones are based on a piezoelectric transducer that generates an electric potential when subjected to a pressure change, such as a sound wave. Some piezoelectric transducers can also serve as a sound projector, but not all have this capability, and some may be destroyed if used in such a manner.


philgoddard
United States
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agree  Juan Piedrahita: This is correct. These microphones have allowed us to hear whale songs.
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agree  neilmac
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agree  MPGS: :-)
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