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Meaning of "sofar" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOFAR

From so( und) f( ixing) a( nd) r( anging).

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SOFAR

ˈsəʊfɑː


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sofar is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOFAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sofar

Sofar may refer to: ▪ Sofar bomb, a long-range position-fixing system that uses explosive sounds in the deep sound channel of the ocean ▪ SOFAR channel, a horizontal layer of water in the ocean centered around the depth at which the speed of sound is minimum...

Definition of sofar in the English dictionary

The definition of sofar in the dictionary is 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 their position.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOFAR

afar · fa · fah · far · insofar · nenuphar · overfar · parataniwha · Safar · Saphar · shofar · shophar · sol-fa · taniwha

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOFAR

sofa · sofa bed · sofa surfing · soffit · Sofia · Sofiya · soft · soft brown sugar · soft centre · soft chancre · soft cheese · soft clam · soft coal · soft commodities · soft contact lens · soft copy · soft currency · soft drink · soft drug · soft focus

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFAR

Amritsar · appear · ar · avatar · bar · bear · by far · calendar · car · clear · dear · dollar · ear · familiar · fear · Forfar · go far · go too far · Lifar · so far

Synonyms and antonyms of sofar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sofar» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SOFAR

Find out the translation of sofar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sofar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sofar» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

SOFAR
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sofar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

sofar
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

sofar
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صوفر
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

ГНФАР
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

sofar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

যতদূর
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sofar
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

setakat ini
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

sofar
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

SOFAR
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

SOFAR
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sofar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sofar
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இதுவரை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सोफार
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

şimdiye kadar
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

SOFAR
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

dalece
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

ГНФАР
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Sofar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sofar
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tot sover
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sofar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sofar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sofar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFAR»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sofar

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFAR»

Discover the use of sofar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sofar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography
The development of the autonomous SOFAR (SOund Fixing And Ranging) float, which is tracked from listening stations moored in the sound channel (Rossby and Webb, 1970) has removed the burden of ship tracking and made the SOFAR  ...
William J. Emery, Richard E. Thomson, 2001
2
Offworlder: Book II of the SOFAR Trilogy
It also takes me into exposure and rubbing shoulders with some of the most connected and powerful individuals in the country. What follows in this book is the most challenging time of Dick C and his life.
John R. Gentile, 2005
3
Sound Images of the Ocean: In Research and Monitoring
The Sofar-Channel enables the lowest by far absorption of all mechanical waves propagating on Earth. So far one of the two prerequisites, the duct formation caused by the water anomaly is understood. The other decisive requirement is the ...
Peter Wille, 2005
4
Measuring Ocean Currents: Tools, Technologies, and Data
buoyant subsurface floats that are outfitted with acoustic pingers and released into the oceanic SOFAR channels. The SOFAR channel, which is an acoustic wave guide, owes its existence to the fact that the speed of sound reaches a minimum ...
Antony Joseph, 2013
5
Mathematical Logic for Computer Science
proof ([Fml I Tail], Line, SoFar) :- Linel is Line + 1, Fml = deduce (Assump, A), member (A, Assump), write_proof _line(Linel , Fml, ['Assumption']), proof (Tail, Linel, [Fml I SoFar]). To check if A can be justified by MP, the predicate nthl ...
Mordechai Ben-Ari, 2001
6
Formal Methods for Industrial Applications: Specifying and ...
1. node once (p: bool) returns (once: bool) ; 2. let once = p or sprevious (once) ; tel; The sofar operator [-] is coded using the expansion formula [-]p « p A (~)[-]p : 1 . node sofar (p:bool) returns (sofar : bool) ; 2. let sofar = p and wprevious (sofar ) ...
Jean-Raymond Abrial, Egon Börger, Hans Langmaack, 1996
7
An Advanced Logic Programming Language
Anthony Dodd, Tony Dodd. /* An atom was given, so look at next character to see if we have the atom/arity (i.e. a functor) case */ get_character(Char), (Char==47,!, rpn_functor(Token,Sofar,Term); /* NOT the atom/arity case so restore character ...
Anthony Dodd, Tony Dodd, 1990
8
Implementations of Logic Programming Systems
Evan Tick, Giancarlo Succi. a) Strand solution - difference lists are used go( InitsList, Perms) :- permflnitList, [], Perms / []). perm([], NewPerm, A / B) :- A := [ NewPerm \ B ]. perm(List, SoFar, A / B) J- List =[] | perm([], List, SoFar, A / B). perm (., [], -, A ...
Evan Tick, Giancarlo Succi, 1994
9
Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science
R e l a t i v e v e l o c i t y o f s o u n d 1,000 2,000 ( f t ) 3,000 4,000 5,000 I n c r e a s e I n c r e a s e Figure 6.25 The sofar layer, in which sound waves travel at minimum speed. Sound transmission is particularly efficient—that is, sounds can ...
Tom Garrison, 2009
10
The B-Book: Assigning Programs to Meanings
8.2 A Telephone Exchange END OPERATIONS LiftFree(s) E PRE s G status*'[{fr}] THEN Lift(s) |1 SQ/'¢1"($) 1= ll END ; Dia|(s,d) E PRE s G status"'[{ai}] /\ d G 0.. max_digit /\ nstatus(sofar(s)) = hopeful THEN sofar(s) := sofar(s) <— d END ...
J. R. Abrial, Jean-Raymond Abrial, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOFAR»

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1
UberLive: Guess who's been giving people free rides to secret gigs?
Putting on the eight intimate concerts, Uber partnered up with Sofar Sounds – a global music community based in more than 100 cities and dedicated to putting ... «Irish Examiner, Jun 15»
2
Uber takes music Sofar
Uber is getting into live music (of course) and has teamed up with secret events operator Sofar Sounds to put on eight UK and Ireland concerts at venues in ... «brand-e.biz, Jun 15»
3
Review: Sofar Sounds
This was the latest event from Sofar Sounds, a new underground music movement. They organise gigs in unusual locations, such as living rooms and libraries, ... «Cambridge News, Feb 15»
4
Sofar Sounds and War Child Present: To Kill a King, Suli Breaks and …
Sofar Sounds was formed in 2009 to counter this problem. It started with co-founders Rafe Offer and Rocky Start getting a small band to play in a friend's living ... «Huffington Post UK, Feb 15»
5
Bastille Performs UK Gig in a Living Room for Sofar Sounds
With a charming ambiance resembling a high school party where the kid's parents are out of town, the videos—exclusively shared with the Observer by Sofar ... «New York Observer, Feb 15»
6
Eavesdropping On The Ocean
The so-called SOFAR channel is a sweet spot of ocean acoustics. American and Soviet researchers independently discovered the channel in the 1940s. «WBUR, Feb 15»
7
Sofar Sounds Brings Bands into Music Lovers' Living Rooms
This is Sofar Sounds, a global phenomenon that's taking music out of traditional venues and into living rooms, stores, and random spaces around the world. «Gapers Block, Jan 15»
8
“Rapt” – Karen O Live for Sofar New York City 8.27.2014 [YouTube …
Bright as a star be the light / Strobing down on me / Suddenly I was free / Let me go on these / Show I can cough I can choke / On this kind of smoke / Off went the ... «Zumic, Sep 14»
9
Watch This: Jessie Frye performs "Like a Light" for Sofar Sounds …
Denton, Texas, singer-songwriter Jessie Frye has always had a knack for meshing pop accessibility with an innovative approach to more traditional indie rock ... «Nooga.com, Jul 14»
10
Sofar Sounds bringing acoustic sets to city living rooms
The worldwide Sofar movement, which creates intimate 'secret' gigs in people's homes, has now arrived in Edinburgh. And the first three shows have won ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jan 14»
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