ALTIMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does altimeter mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALTIMETER (noun)

Sense 1

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)

 Context examples 

While the altimeter data also showed that the liquid in some of the canyons around Ligeia Mare is at sea level — the same altitude as the liquid in the sea itself — in others it sits tens to hundreds of feet (tens of meters) higher in elevation.

(Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan, NASA)