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sounding balloon

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noun

Meteorology.

  1. a balloon carrying instruments aloft to make atmospheric measurements, especially a radiosonde balloon.

Etymology

Origin of sounding balloon

First recorded in 1900–05

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Most amazing of the party's new equipment is a sounding balloon developed by Professor Paul Molchanov of Leningrad.

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