单词 | altimetrical |
释义 | altimetricaladj. = altimetric adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > measurement of other dimensions > [adjective] > height or altitude altimetrical1650 hypsometric1845 hypsometrical1855 altimetric1865 1650 J. Chatfield (title) The trigonall sector... By which all planimetrical, and altimetrical conclusions may be wrought at pleasure. 1682 tr. B. Varenius Gen. & Absolute Pt. Cosmogr. & Geogr. in R. Blome Cosmogr. & Geogr. i. ix. 42 The height of the seen Mountain being given or known, to find out Geodetically, or by Land-measuring, how great distance we are from it, if we have either a Geometrical Instrument or Radius, or Altimetrical Scale with us, that is to say, a Height-measuring Scale. 1810 J. Evans & J. Britton Beauties Eng. & Wales XI. Northants. 161 Some of the author's reasons are rather more curious than satisfactory, viz. a statement of altimetrical height between the place and the Thames, at London, and thence to the level of the sea. 1878 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Apr. 440/1 Elliot's altimetrical surveys of Western Thibet. 1939 Photogrammetria 2 34 The total unadjusted model, about 9 km long, revealed no altimetrical deformation of a systematic character. 2007 S. Gelichi in J. Henning Post-Roman Towns I. i. 89 A DTM (Digital Terrain Model)..should represent as closely as possible the original hydrographical and altimetrical situation of the settled area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1650 |
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