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sounding machine

noun Navigation.

any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.

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Words nearby sounding machine

sounding, sounding balloon, sounding board, sounding lead, sounding line, sounding machine, sounding rocket, soundless, soundpost, soundproof, soundscape

Origin of sounding machine

First recorded in 1840–50
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for sounding machine

  • A story is told in connection with this sounding-machine which shows the vivacity and wit of the inventor.

    Makers of Electricity|Brother Potamian

  • I had just come up from below and was standing beside the sounding-machine, not half a dozen feet from Henry at the wheel.

    The Mutiny of the Elsinore|Jack London