单词 | sonde |
释义 | sonden. 1. An instrument that obtains and transmits information about its surroundings from an inaccessible location, such as underground or underwater.In quot. 1940: spec. a surgical probe; = sound n.5 3. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radar apparatus > types of radio sounder1931 sonde1940 scatterometer1966 1940 Foreign Commerce & Navigation 1939 (U.S. Dept. Commerce: Division Foreign Trade Statistics) 82 (table) Catheters, drains, bougies, and sondes. 1962 Research 15 298/1 This deflection increases as the sonde continues to enter the [coal] seam. 1962 Design of Deep Ocean Drilling Ship (National Acad. Sci.-National Res. Council (U.S.)) 64 A sensing sonde will be lowered into position at the bit which will be able to sense the tip of the projecting casing. 1975 G. Anderson Coring vii. 124 The SP log is a measurement of the electrical potential energy in the mud around the sonde as compared with a reference electrode grounded at the surface. 2010 R. E. Reed et al. in Algae (Amer. Water Works Assoc.) i. 20 The user will not gain information on water-column conditions above or below the sonde. 2. A device designed to be carried up into the atmosphere (or dropped from an aircraft) to obtain and transmit measurements of conditions at various altitudes as it ascends (or descends).ballon-sonde, dropsonde, ionosonde, radiosonde, rocketsonde, etc.: see the first element. ΚΠ 1943 P. A. Anderson et al. Captive Radiosonde & Wired Sonde Techniques (U.S. Nat. Defense Res. Council Project P.D.R.C.-647, Rep. No. 3) 4 When the sonde is moved to a new altitude, a pause of 10–30 seconds is adequate to establish equilibrium readings on the meters. 1969 D. H. McIntosh & A. S. Thom Essent. Meteorol. vii. 111 More recently, ozone sondes have been used to measure the vertical distribution of ozone. 1975 Nature 1 May 20/2 A seventh aircraft was used to drop sondes from 40,000 feet and obtain additional vertical profiles of wind and temperature. 2005 K. Emanuel Divine Wind xxv. 200 Atmospheric sensors on the sonde measure temperature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1940 |
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