sounding machine

noun Navigation.

any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.

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Origin of sounding machine

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby sounding machine

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