| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| altimeter |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·tim·e·ter |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l-t m -t r |
| NOUN: | An instrument for determining elevation, especially an aneroid barometer used in aircraft that senses pressure changes accompanying changes in altitude. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin altus, high; see al-2 in Appendix I + –meter. | | OTHER FORMS: | al ti·metric (lt-m trk) —ADJECTIVE
al·time·try —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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