Usually means: Instrument dropped from aircraft, measures weather.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. dropsonde: Merriam-Webster
  2. dropsonde: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dropsonde: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  4. dropsonde: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. dropsonde: Dictionary.com
  6. Dropsonde (album), Dropsonde: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. dropsonde: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. dropsonde: Wiktionary

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  1. dropsonde: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  (meteorology) A weather-observing device dropped from an aircraft.

Similar:
disdrometer, dropsite, downburst, drosometer, dropping, dunker, downdraft, dewdrop, raindrop, dropzone, more...

Opposite:
upsonde, radiosonde, sounding balloon

Types:
weather balloon, radiosonde, more...

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Similar:
disdrometer, dropsite, downburst, drosometer, dropping, dunker, downdraft, dewdrop, raindrop, dropzone, more...

Opposite:
upsonde, radiosonde, sounding balloon

Types:
weather balloon, radiosonde, more...



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