sounding balloon
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noun Meteorology.
a balloon carrying instruments aloft to make atmospheric measurements, especially a radiosonde balloon.
Nearby words
soundboard, soundbox, soundcard, sounder, sounding, sounding balloon, sounding board, sounding lead, sounding line, sounding machine, sounding rocket
Origin of sounding balloon
First recorded in 1900–05
Also called weather balloon.
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Examples from the Web for sounding balloon
The average height of sounding-balloon ascents is about ten miles.
Meteorology|Charles Fitzhugh TalmanBy means of the sounding-balloon the air is explored to heights of twenty miles and more!
The Mentor: The Weather|Charles Fitzhugh Talman