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
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 Baring, Evelyn
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
This lettre is forth upon hire sonde, Wherof somdiel confort on honde 800 Sche tok, as she that wolde abide And waite upon that ilke tyde Which sche hath in hire lettre write.
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)
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