noun🔗ShareMessungen, SondierungenThe action of the verb to sound."The captain ordered regular soundings of the water depth to avoid running the ship aground. "Der Kapitän ordnete regelmäßige Messungen der Wassertiefe an, um zu verhindern, dass das Schiff auf Grund läuft.nauticalsoundoceanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMessungen, SondierungenTest made with a probe or sonde."The oceanographer took soundings to measure the depth of the bay. "Der Ozeanograph führte Messungen durch, um die Tiefe der Bucht zu messen.nauticaltechnologyoceanenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareWassertiefe, LotungA measured depth of water."The sailor took a sounding every five minutes"Der Seemann nahm alle fünf Minuten eine Lotung vor.nauticaloceangeographyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDas Einführen, die SondierungThe act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposesmedicinesexbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLotungen(chiefly in the plural) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom."The old map showed few soundings near the rocky coast, making navigation there very dangerous. "Die alte Karte zeigte wenige Lotungen in der Nähe der felsigen Küste, was die Navigation dort sehr gefährlich machte.nauticaloceangeographysailingenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGrundproben, BodenprobenThe sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom."The captain examined the soundings – a mix of dark mud and broken shells clinging to the tallow on the sounding lead – to determine the type of seabed and estimate how close the ship was to shore. "Der Kapitän untersuchte die Grundproben – eine Mischung aus dunklem Schlamm und zerbrochenen Muscheln, die am Talg des Lotbleis hafteten – um die Art des Meeresbodens zu bestimmen und abzuschätzen, wie nah das Schiff dem Ufer war.nauticaloceangeologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading