ゾンデ

noun

probe; sound

Medical instrument for exploring or examining body cavities, wounds, etc. Equivalent to English 'probe' or 'sound'.

from German Sonde

See also: プローブ

• 医い師しはゾンデを使つかって傷きずの深ふかさを調しらべた。

  The doctor used a probe to examine the depth of the wound.

noun

radiosonde; sounding balloon

Abbreviation of ラジオゾンデ. A balloon-borne instrument for meteorological measurements.

See also: ラジオゾンデ

• 気き象しょう観かん測そくのためにゾンデを飛とばす。

  They launch a radiosonde for weather observation.