sonde

American

[sond] / sɒnd /

noun

Rocketry.

a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.

sonde British

/ sɒnd /

noun

a rocket, balloon, or probe used for observing in the upper atmosphere

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Etymology

Origin of sonde

1920–25; < French: plumb line; see sound ³

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sonde

You can watch how hard your muscles are working on the screen and even play little video games using the sonde as a joystick.

From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2012

It is directly compatible with the Raytheon Anschutz digital gyro and magnetic field sonde.

From Time Magazine Archive

And after his wifue he sende sonde; to his owene londe.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall

Mayde to the he send his sonde And wilneth for to beo the cuth.

From Mysticism in English Literature by Caroline F. E. Spurgeon

Kepe then the see, that is the walle of England, And then is England kepte by Goddes sonde.

From Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 by Evelyn Baring

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