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rocketsonde

[rok-it-sond]

noun

Meteorology.

  1. a telemeter for gathering data on the atmosphere at very high altitudes, carried aloft by rocket and returned to earth by parachute.

rocketsonde

  1. An instrument transported to the upper atmosphere by rocket, used to study meteorological conditions. A rocketsonde is capable of measuring and transmitting information to altitudes of about 76,000 m (249,280 ft).

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rocketsonde1

First recorded in 1945–50; rocket 1 + sonde

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