electrolocation

Noun

Meaning

(zoology) the ability of an animal to detect an object by its distortion of the animal's electric field, as in the electric fishes such as the electric eel.

(cybernetics) the ability of a robot to locate an object by detecting changes in its electric field.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

electrolocate

Examples

Jørn H. Hurum, Zhe-Xi Luo, and Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Were mammals originally venomous?, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (1), 2006: 1-11 Electrolocation Platypus shown to children. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

electroloading electrolocate electrolocating electrolocator electrologic electrological