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sonde

American  
[sond] / sɒnd /

noun

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


sonde British  
/ sɒnd /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sonde

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

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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

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

"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 John Ruskin

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

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

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