Sounding or soundings may refer to:
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Sounding (archaeology), a test dig in archaeology
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"Sounding" (''Justified''), an episode of the TV series ''Justified''
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''Soundings'' (journal), an academic journal of leftist political thinking
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''Soundings'' (radio drama), science fiction radio drama series produced from 1985 to 1989 in Ottawa
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''Soundings'' (Williams), 2003 orchestral composition by John Williams
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''Soundings'' (Carter), 2005 orchestral composition by Elliott Carter
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Sound (medical instrument), instruments for probing and dilating passages within the body
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Urethral sounding, using sounds to increase the inner diameter of the urethra
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Depth sounding
Depth sounding, often simply called sounding, is measuring the depth of a body of water. Data taken from soundings are used in bathymetry to make maps of the floor of a body of water, such as the seabed topography.
Soundings were traditionally ...
, a measurement of depth within a body of water
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Whale sounding, the act of diving by whales
See also
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Sound (disambiguation)
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Sonde (disambiguation)
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Sonar
Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigation, navigate, measure distances (ranging), communicate with or detect o ...
, use of sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect objects on or under water
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Remote sensing
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring information about Earth ...
, acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with it
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Cone penetration test, a method used to determine the geotechnical engineering properties of soils
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