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Spanish term or phrase:
Rumor hidrofónico
English translation:
hydrophone noise
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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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| 4 +3 | hydrophone noise |
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| 4 | Hydrophonic buzz |
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hydrophone noise
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.
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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Hydrophonic buzz
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".
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