Sounding

Sounding or soundings may refer to:

• Sounding (archaeology), a test dig in archaeology
• "Sounding" (Justified), an episode of the TV series Justified
• Soundings (journal), an academic journal of leftist political thinking
• Soundings (radio drama), science fiction radio drama series produced from 1985 to 1989 in Ottawa
• Soundings (Williams), 2003 orchestral composition by John Williams
• Soundings (Carter), 2005 orchestral composition by Elliott Carter
• Sound (medical instrument), instruments for probing and dilating passages within the body
• Urethral sounding, using sounds to increase the inner diameter of the urethra
• Atmospheric sounding, a measurement of the vertical distribution of physical properties of the atmospheric column
• Depth sounding, a measurement of depth within a body of water
• Whale sounding, the act of diving by whales
• The Sounding, a film

See also

• Sound (disambiguation)
• Sonde (disambiguation)
• Sonar, use of sound propagation to navigate, communicate with or detect objects on or under water
• Remote sensing, acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with it
• Cone penetration test, a method used to determine the geotechnical engineering properties of soils