'Sonde' definitions:
Definition of 'Sonde'
From: GCIDE
- Sond \Sond\, Sonde \Sonde\, n. [AS. sand. See Send, v. t.]
- 1. That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Ye have enough, parde, of Goddes sond. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Rocketry) a rocket or balloon sent into the upper atmosphere to measure atmospheric conditions or other phenomena at altitudes unattainable by aircraft. [PJC]