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单词 orometric
释义 orometric, a.|ɒrəʊˈmɛtrɪk|
[f. as prec. + -ic.]
Of or pertaining to the measurement of mountains; (in quot. 1774) = trigonometrical with mountain summits as the points of triangulation.
1774M. Mackenzie Maritime Surv. p. xxi, An Orometric Survey is, when one long Base-line is exactly measured, and the Distance of the Summits of two, or more, high Mountains in the Neighbourhood found from thence trigonometrically.1945Q. Jrnl. R. Meteorol. Soc. LXXI. 44 At the other end of the orometric scale it seems pretty evident that the British mountains which only exceptionally reach an altitude of even 4,000 feet are neither high enough nor compact enough to produce the maximum amount of orographic rainfall.
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