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
And it was at this period that the expedient of the ballon sonde, or unmanned balloon, was happily thought of.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie
There is poetry too in the line, if I interpret it rightly as intending the gospel— The sonde that God sent al abowte.
From England's Antiphon by MacDonald, George
Josep haueð hem after sent. ðis sonde hem ouertakeð raðe.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph
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