Around 1986 John Joyce (of Bowin Cars fame), an influential Australian inventor, first learned about oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and their role in the production of smog and acid rain.
Sounding. A set of data measuring the vertical structure of an atmospheric parameter (temperature, humidity, pressure, winds, etc.) at a given time. You can either type in the word you are looking for in the box below or browse by letter. Search:
sound noun (NOISE). A2 [C or U] something that you can âhear or that can be âheard: They could âhear the sound of a âbell âtolling in the âdistance. She âstood âcompletely still, not making a sound. Suddenly we âheard a âloud âknocking sound from the âengine. Sound can âtravel over very âlarge âdistances in âwater.