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Look up: hypsometer

  1. hypsometer
    [n] - an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. hypsometer
    an equipment used to measure transmission characteristics of a trunk Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • instrument used to determine atmospheric pressure by observing the boiling point of water or other liquids. Category: The cosmos • any instr...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Hypsometer
    Hyp·som'e·ter noun [ Greek ... height + -meter .] (Physics) An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/84

  4. hypsometer
    <physics> An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; especially, one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebu...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. hypsometer
    noun an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Hypsometer
    • (n.) An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Hypsometer
    A `hypsometer` is an instrument for measuring height or altitude. Many different physical principles may be used. Scale hypsometer: A simple scale hypsometer allows the height of a building or tree to be measured by sighting across a ruler to the base and top of the object being measured, when the d...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypsometer

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9 February 2012

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At 7.01pm on 9 February 1996, the IRA ended its 17-month ceasefire with a blast that rocked east London, injured more than 100 people, one critically, and thrust Northern Ireland back into political ferment. After one hour of shock and hectic checking with the security forces who, like the Government, were taken 'completely by surprise', Prime Minister John Major attacked the bombing as 'an appalling outrage'. He called upon Sinn Fein and the IRA to condemn unequivocally those who planted the bomb near South Quay railway station on the Isle of Dogs. read more

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