单词 | altimeter |
释义 | altimeter /al tim"i teuhr, al"teuh mee'teuhr/, n. 1. a sensitive aneroid barometer that is graduated and calibrated, used chiefly in aircraft for finding distance above sea level, terrain, or some other reference point by a comparison of air pressures. 2. any device used for the same purpose that operates by some other means, as by radio waves. [1820-30; ALTI- + -METER] |
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