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ALTIMETER

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• ALTIMETER (noun)
The noun ALTIMETER has 1 sense:

1. an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation

Familiarity information: ALTIMETER used as a noun is very rare.

• ALTIMETER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("altimeter" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Meronyms (parts of "altimeter"):

aneroid; aneroid barometer (a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "altimeter"):

hypsometer (an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation)

"Home is where the heart is."
(English proverb)
"Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance."
(Native American proverb, Lakota)
"A mountain won't get to a mountain, but a human will get to a human."
(Armenian proverb)
"May problems with neighbors last only as long as snow in March."
(Corsican proverb)

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