Radiosonde Definition
rādē-ō-sŏnd
noun
A compact package of meteorological instruments and a radio transmitter, carried aloft as by a small balloon to measure and transmit to ground observers temperature, pressure, and humidity data from the upper atmosphere.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Radiosonde
Noun
Singular:
radiosonde
Plural:
radiosondesOrigin of Radiosonde
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German Radiosonde radio- radio- Sonde probe, plumb bob (from French sonde sonde)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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