Zond

[ zawnd ]

noun

1. one of a series of Soviet space probes that photographed the moon and returned to earth.

Zond

/ zɒnd /

noun

1. any of a series of unmanned Soviet spacecraft, first launched in 1964 as interplanetary space probes, the most successful of which, Zond 3 , sent back photographs of the hidden side of the moon in 1965

Word History and Origins

Origin of Zond¹

First recorded in 1964; from Russian: originally, “surgical probe,” from French sonde “plumb line”; z- perhaps due to German Sonde (from French ); sonde

Example Sentences

Trebizond (treb'i-zond'), province in northeastern Asia Minor.

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