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sound·ing (-diŋ)

adjective

  1. making or giving forth sound
  2. resonant; sonorous
  3. high-sounding; bombastic
sounding2 definition

sound·ing (-diŋ)

noun

    1. the act of measuring the depth or examining the bottom of a body of water, etc. with or as with a weighted line
    2. depth so measured
    3. a place, usually less than 100 fathoms (c. 180 m) in depth, where a sounding line will touch bottom
    1. an examination of the atmosphere at or to a given height, as with a radiosonde
    2. a probe of space, as with a rocket
  3. measurements learned or data acquired by sounding
  4. an exploratory sampling, as of public opinion

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sounding Synonyms

sounding

modif.

ringing, thudding, bumping, roaring, calling, thundering, booming, crashing, clattering, clinking, clanging, tinkling, whispering, pinging, rattling, rumbling, ticking, crying, clicking, reverberating, echoing, pattering, clucking, chirping, peeping, growling, grunting, bellowing, murmuring, soughing, whirring, splattering, screeching, screaming, squealing, making a noise, making a sound, making a racket, making a clatter, etc.; see also noisen. 1.


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sounding Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • take: Morgan has taken 240 million soundings in the last four years.

Adjective modifier

  • informal: The poll will take place once a shortlist has been compiled following informal soundings within the partnership.

Modifies a noun

  • exercise: The government's Your Say campaign also cost about £ 25,000, with Mr Prescott's soundings exercise estimated to have cost £ 4,000.

Noun used with modifier

  • depth: The geezer standing on the stem appears to be taking depth soundings or possibly dropping some form of anchor.

Preposition: from

  • line: Individual soundings from a dock wall Individual soundings from a survey line past pilings.

Preposition: per

  • bin: Below 20m water depth a 1.5 degree beamformer will not have 2 soundings per 1m bin, even directly under the vessel.
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