vertical depth sounding

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• Sounding — can refer to:*Determination of the depth of water usually in the sea. Originally using a weighted line called a lead line, more recently using **Echo sounding *Whale sounding, the act of diving by whales *an atmospheric sounding *various methods… …   Wikipedia

• Sounding rocket — A sounding rocket, sometimes called a research rocket, is an instrument carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub orbital flight. The origin of the term comes from nautical vocabulary, it… …   Wikipedia

• sounding — sounding1 soundingly, adv. soundingness, n. /sown ding/, adj. 1. emitting or producing a sound or sounds. 2. resounding or sonorous. 3. having an imposing sound; high sounding; pompous. n. 4. a verbal contest or confrontation, as among teenage… …   Universalium

• depth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Deepness Nouns 1. depth; deepness, profundity; deepening, lowering (see depression). See lowness. 2. depression, concavity;shaft, well; bowels of the earth, bottomless pit; hell; valley; abyss, chasm… …   English dictionary for students

• sounding — I sound•ing [[t]ˈsaʊn dɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) emitting or producing a sound or sounds 2) resounding or sonorous 3) high sounding; pompous 4) signifying • Etymology: 1350–1400 sound′ing•ly, adv. II sound•ing [[t]ˈsaʊn dɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) naut. navig. Often,… …   From formal English to slang

• Echo sounding — pulses directed from the surface or from a submarine vertically down to measure the distance to the bottom by means of sound waves. HistoryAfter the disaster of the Titanic in 1912, the German physicist Alexander Behm conducted some research to… …   Wikipedia

• Sonar — This article is about underwater sound propagation. For atmospheric sounding, see SODAR. For other uses, see Sonar (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• Bathymetry — Present day Earth bathymetry (and altimetry). Data from the National Geophysical Data Center s TerrainBase Digital Terrain Model. Bathymetry is the study of underwater depth of lake or ocean floors. In other words, bathymetry is the underwater… …   Wikipedia

• Navigation — This article is about determination of position and direction on or above the surface of the earth. For other uses, see Navigation (disambiguation). Table of geography, hydrography, and navigation, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. Navigation is the… …   Wikipedia

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• tourmaline — tourmalinic /toor meuh lin ik/, adj. /toor meuh lin, leen /, n. any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems. Also,… …   Universalium