Definition of "soundings" [soundings]

• Plural form of sounding. (noun)

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• "Two previous faults had been discovered -- the first in soundings of about 1000 yards, and the second in about 4100 yards -- and had been successfully recovered and made good; and in the first case ten miles, and in the second two miles and a half, of cable were hauled in."
• "The two atmospheric profiles above, also referred to as soundings, show the typical freezing rain structure on the left compared with, on the right, what was actually observed last night at 5:00 p.m."
• "The sun was rising higher; the man on the bow was calling his soundings and the world glided past us."