sonde
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sonde
1920–25; < French: plumb line; see sound 3
Example Sentences
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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
"Dame Paciencë sitting there I fonde, With facë pale, upon an hill of sonde."
From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John
Mayde to the he send his sonde And wilneth for to beo the cuth.
From Mysticism in English Literature by Spurgeon, Caroline F. E.
And after his wifue he sende sonde; to his owene londe.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph
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