Sounder may refer to:
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''Sounder'' (novel), a book by William H. Armstrong
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''Sounder'' (film), a film based on the novel
*Sounder, a group of wild boar or domestic pigs foraging in woodland; see
List of animal names
In the English language, animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups.
The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is '' The Book of Saint A ...
*Sounder, a device that transmits a signal and uses the returned signal to measure characteristics of the propagation
medium
Medium may refer to:
Science and technology
Aviation
*Medium bomber, a class of war plane
* Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design
Communication
* Media (communication), tools used to store and deliver information or data
* Medium of ...
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Echo sounder
Echo sounding or depth sounding is the use of sonar for ranging, normally to determine the depth of water (bathymetry). It involves transmitting acoustic waves into water and recording the time interval between emission and return of a pulse; ...
, a device used to measure water depth using sonar
**Atmospheric sounder, also known as
SODAR
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Sounder (band)
Sounder may refer to:
* ''Sounder'' (novel), a book by William H. Armstrong
* ''Sounder'' (film), a film based on the novel
*Sounder, a group of wild boar or domestic pigs foraging in woodland; see List of animal names
*Sounder, a device that tra ...
, a Brazilian
thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...
band.
in the Seattle area:
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Sounder commuter rail
Sounder commuter rail is a commuter rail service operated by BNSF on behalf of Sound Transit. Service operates Monday through Friday during peak hours from Seattle, Washington, north to Everett and south to Lakewood. In , the system had a ride ...
, a transit system serving the Puget Sound area
*Sounder, a member of the
Seattle Sounders
Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's association football, soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club w ...
professional soccer teams
in telecommunications:
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Sounder (radio)
Station identification (ident, network ID or channel ID or bumper) is the practice of radio and television stations and networks identifying themselves on-air, typically by means of a call sign or brand name (sometimes known, particularly in the ...
. a station identifier in a radio broadcast
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Telegraph sounder
A telegraph sounder is an antique electromechanical device used as a receiver on electrical telegraph lines during the 19th century. It was invented by Alfred Vail after 1850 to replace the previous receiving device, the cumbersome Morse registe ...
, a device for detecting operability in a telegraph
* a Windows command line audio player for
WAV
Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE, or WAV due to its filename extension; pronounced "wave") is an audio file format standard, developed by IBM and Microsoft, for storing an audio bitstream on PCs. It is the main format used on Microsoft Win ...
format
in spacecraft
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Atmospheric sounder Atmospheric sounding or atmospheric profiling is a measurement of vertical distribution of physical properties of the atmospheric column such as pressure, temperature, wind speed and wind direction (thus deriving wind shear), liquid water content, o ...
, a space-borne instrument for passive atmospheric measurements
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