sounder

noun

sound·​er ˈsau̇n-dər How to pronounce sounder (audio)
: one that sounds
specifically : a device for making soundings

Examples of sounder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Would that a likely, later owner — the 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, had lived a sounder, more steadfast life. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024 As the sounder approaches a cloud, to the sensors, the cloud appears higher in the sky. Wired, 3 Aug. 2022 But because the depth sounder on the ship couldn’t measure such extreme depths, the crew employed a crude method. Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Feb. 2012 Tatum knew better execution and sounder decisions could have lifted his team and made its playoff road easier. Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023 The super pigs have become adept at fending off recreational hunters, sometimes with entire sounders (the term for a group of pigs, generally led by mature sows) turning nocturnal to avoid the hunting. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2023 Choices range from basic sounders to advanced flashers and digital graphing fish finders with GPS. Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023 In 2018, an Italian team of researchers announced evidence of salt water beneath the southern polar cap of Mars: the radar sounder of the ESA Mars Express orbiter had detected unusually bright, reflective patches below the ice. Mark Zastrow, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2020 The sounder is one of six instruments aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been circling its host planet since 2006. Wired, 3 Aug. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1575, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sounder was in 1575

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“Sounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sounder. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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sounder

noun
sound·​er ˈsau̇n-dər How to pronounce sounder (audio)
: one that sounds
especially : a device for making soundings

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