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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1937 a miniature radio transmitter that is carried aloft (as by an unmanned balloon) with instruments for sensing and broadcasting atmospheric conditions

NOAA Weather Glossary

An instrument attached to a weather balloon that transmits pressure,humidity, temperature and winds as it ascends to the upper atmosphere.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a miniature radio transmitter broadcasting information about pressure, temperature, etc., from various levels of the atmosphere, carried esp. by balloon. Etymology: RADIO- + G Sonde probe