radiosonde noun. ['reɪdɪǝʊsɒnd] M20.
[from RADIO- + as SONDE.]
A set of meteorological instruments and a radio which transmits measurements of conditions at various heights when carried through the atmosphere, usu. by a balloon.

■ radio'sondage noun (a) sounding of the atmosphere by radiosonde M20.

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