Altimeter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An instrument for determining elevation, especially an aneroid barometer used in aircraft that senses pressure changes accompanying changes in altitude.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An apparatus for measuring altitude.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An instrument for measuring altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, or theodolite.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    measuring device    measuring instrument    measuring system   
    Hyponym
    hypsometer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    estimator    perimeter    polarimeter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    speedometer    barometer    barograph    life-sign    airspeed    anemometer    interferometry    Scopes    seismograph    sextant   
     
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