sonde
1
8.6
- noun
- /sɒnd/
- Specialized
:
sonda
- The data collected by the sonde helped improve our understanding of climate change effects.
Examples
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Using a sonde, researchers gathered crucial information about the atmosphere during the storm.
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In spite of the station closures and the fragmentation of so much Russian and former Soviet republic data, the surface record continues to be accepted uncritically in preference to the well-validated satellite and sonde data.
Blog text (22) -
The basic message is clear: you have to put enough surface and sonde observations into a model to produce reanalyses.
Blog text (25) -
In the latter case, the surface record is contradicted by both the satellite MSU record and the radio sonde record.
Blog text (22) -
They include a battery of sondes with sample collection harpoons and an airborne platform for battery transportation and deployment.
Academic text (2004) -
The experts needed for such an effort existed in NRL's nucleonics division, rocket sonde branch, and physical optics division, with leadership by Montgomery Johnson, Ernst Krause, and Herbert Friedman, respectively.
Academic text (1996) -
Conductivity, pH, total dissolved solids, salinity, turbidity, total suspended solids, dissolved oxygen, oxygen reduction potential, and ammonia/ammonium are all measured with a single multiparameter sonde.
Academic text (1997) -
The scientist lowered the sonde into the ocean to collect temperature and salinity data.
Synonyms
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4.9
A small instrument used to examine things in science and medicine
A device that measures or collects samples in places that are hard to reach
How Specialized
- Specialized
1
8.8
- Specialized
1
8.6
- Specialized
225
4.9
898
3.4
- Specialized
1
7.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sonde comes from French sonde and the verb sonder, which mean 'probe' or 'to test', so a sonde is best imagined as a small instrument sent into the air, ocean, or other places to take measurements.