Definition of Meteorological balloon

1. Noun. A small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric conditions.

Generic synonyms: Balloon
Specialized synonyms: Pilot Balloon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meteorological Balloon

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meteorizes
meteorizing
meteorograph
meteorographic
meteorographies
meteorographs
meteorography
meteoroid
meteoroidal
meteoroids
meteorolite
meteorolites
meteorologic
meteorological
meteorological balloon (current term)
meteorological conditions
meteorological factors
meteorological observation post
meteorological satellite
meteorologically
meteorologies
meteorologist
meteorologists
meteorology
meteoromancy
meteorometer
meteorometers
meteoropathy
meteoroscope

Literary usage of Meteorological balloon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"An ordinary 350-gram meteorological balloon was used but its volume was controlled by a nonextensible shroud around it. With this method a flight at about ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"AL Botch contributes a short account of a meteorological balloon ascension in which he took part at Strassburg last July. Professor В. Е. Dodge describes ..."

3. "Green Balls,": The Adventures of a Night-bomber by Paul Bewsher (1919)
"... meteorological balloon whose drift has been watched through an instrument on the ground. Among the mechanics stands another figure as heavily muffled as ..."

4. An Index to the Genera and Species of the Foraminifera by Charles Davies Sherborn (1898)
"442-3. i Meteorological Journal : ns many articles and notes on ,111 observatories and stations ; rm mat ions of meteorological balloon ascensions, etc.] . ..."

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