| 单词 | sounding rocket |
| 释义 | > as lemmassounding rocket sounding rocket n. a rocket designed to carry scientific instruments into the upper atmosphere in order to make measurements during its flight. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [noun] > for taking scientific measurements rocketsonde1946 sounding rocket1947 probe1953 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > carrier for or with instruments > rocket rocketsonde1946 sounding rocket1947 1947 Amer. Jrnl. Physics 15 139/1 (caption) The WAC Corporal sounding rocket, which reached 43 mi altitude. 1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics iv. 121 Data obtained from the sounding rockets were correlated with readings from the Explorer 4 artificial satellite. 1978 J. M. Pasachoff & M. L. Kutner University Astron. xxviii. 710 (caption) The ultraviolet spectrum of 3C 273, taken with a 40-cm telescope, the largest ever flown on a sounding rocket. < as lemmas |
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