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dropsonde

dropsonde noun: a weather-observing device dropped from an aircraft.

Noun

dropsonde (plural dropsondes)

  1. A weather-observing device dropped from an aircraft.

Forms of dropsonde

pluraldropsondes

Origin of dropsonde

From drop + sonde.

Questions about dropsonde

What does dropsonde mean?
Dropsonde means a weather-observing device dropped from an aircraft.
What part of speech is dropsonde?
Dropsonde is a noun.
What is the plural of dropsonde?
The plural of dropsonde is dropsondes.

Words near dropsonde in the dictionary

  1. dropsides
  2. dropsied
  3. dropsies
  4. dropsite
  5. dropsites
  6. dropsonde
  7. dropsondes
  8. dropstone
  9. dropstones
  10. dropsy
  11. dropt

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