sounding

sound·ing ¹  (soundng)

n.

1. The act of one that sounds.

2. A probe of the environment for scientific observation.

3.

a. A measured depth of water.

b. Water shallow enough for depth measurements to be taken by a hand line. Often used in the plural.

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Sounding of storytellers.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sounding - a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line depth, deepness - the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"
	2.	sounding - the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line) measurement, measuring, mensuration, measure - the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
Adj.	1.	sounding - appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk" looking superficial - concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"
	2.	sounding - having volume or deepness; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth full - (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice"
	3.	sounding - making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding" audible, hearable - heard or perceptible by the ear; "he spoke in an audible whisper"

Translations

sounding [ˈsaundɪŋ] n (NAUT etc) → sondeo

sounding [ˈsaundɪŋ] n (Naut etc) → sondage m

sounding [ˈsaundɪŋ] sound n (Naut) → Loten nt, Peilung f

sounding [ˈsaundɪŋ] n (NAUT etc) → scandagliamento