| 单词 | altimetric frequency curve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaltimetric frequency curve altimetric frequency curve n. (also altimetric curve) a graph showing the relative frequency of different heights over an area. ΚΠ 1935 H. Baulig Changing Sea Level 42 (caption) Altimetric curves (from frequency of spot heights) for peninsular Brittany. 1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xvii. 266 Altimetric frequency curves... If the map is divided into small uniform squares, we may estimate the elevation of the highest point in each square. 1991 R. P. Beckinsale & R. J. Chorley Hist. Study Landforms III. vii. 235 Attempts to use quantitative techniques such as altimetric frequency curves..and summit distributions..were increasingly attacked as being subjective. 2009 H. S. Sharma in L. S. Bhat Geogr. India ii. 13 Field observations and topographical maps were used for drawing superimposed profiles, hypsometric and altimetric curves for the area under consideration. < as lemmas |
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