electrolocation
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- the ability of a robot to locate an object by detecting changes in its electric field.
Word forms
Etymology
From electro- + location.
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