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noun Meteorology.
a balloon carrying instruments aloft to make atmospheric measurements, especially a radiosonde balloon.
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Also called weather balloon.
Origin of sounding balloon
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby sounding balloon
sounder, sound film, sound head, sound hole, sounding, sounding balloon, sounding board, sounding lead, sounding line, sounding machine, sounding rocket
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