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| sonde [ sond ] (plural sondes) |
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system transmitting meteorological or other information: a collection of instruments that can be lowered down a borehole or carried into the upper atmosphere by balloon or rocket to transmit information relating to the conditions encountered
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| [Early 20th century. < French, "plumb line, sound" < sonder (see sound2)] |
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