rocketsonden.
/ˈrɒkᵻtsɒnd/, U.S. /ˈrɑkətˌsɑnd/ Meteorology.
A package of meteorological or other scientific instruments which is carried to the upper atmosphere by rocket and there released and allowed to float down by parachute, transmitting automatic radio measurements of the surrounding atmosphere; a sonde carried up by rocket.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [noun] > for taking scientific measurements
rocketsonde1946
sounding rocket1947
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > carrier for or with instruments > rocket
rocketsonde1946
sounding rocket1947
1946 Sci. News Let. 13 Apr. 232/1 The U. S. Navy is planning to study the weather..from 100,000 to 500,000 feet, by means of rockets..which have been given the name ‘rocketsonde’.
1951 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 10 18 Direct measurements have been made by means of rocket-sondes to altitudes of over 100 miles.
1963 Proc. 1st Internat. Symp. Rocket & Satellite Meteorol. 23 The rocketsonde, at the present time, measures the temperature only; the wind is determined by radar tracking of the metallized parachute.
2009 Jrnl. Atmospheric & Solar-terrestr. Physics 70 2033/1 The data series have been adjusted after comparisons with rocketsondes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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