METEOROLOGICAL BALLOON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric conditions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("meteorological balloon" is a kind of...):

balloon (large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meteorological balloon"):

pilot balloon (meteorological balloon used to observe air currents)

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