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UK
/ˈæltɪmˌiːtɐ/
]
[ US /æɫˈtɪmətɝ/ ]
[ US /æɫˈtɪmətɝ/ ]
NOUN
- an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation
How To Use altimeter In A Sentence
- Fortunately, it is possible to incorporate altimeter in the system and practically eliminate this difficulty entirely.
- They can still read the altimeter and airspeed, and they still have navigation aids available to them.
- The precision of radio altimeter directly affects the quality of the radio altimeter.
- Then I noticed my digital altimeter watch had gone blank, a casualty.
- It has a barometric altimeter and an electronic 3-axis compass. Times, Sunday Times
- I gave a good wipeout of the controls and double-checked my flaps-half, trim and radar altimeter set.
- The origin of the bullets and tracers - the gun flashes - were almost at eye level when Rick and I looked back inside the cockpit at the altimeter.
- Beside the GPS receiver, the Edge 305 has a barometrical altimeter.
- The scientific payload includes stereo imaging equipment, a laser altimeter, a magnetometers, and an X-ray Spectrometer.
- The DNS Pro models also have a barometer, altimeter and weather-forecasting capability.