1) Altimeter
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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 distance from the object to the observer is known...
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instrument for measuring height of trees through triangulation
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• (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.
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<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 ebullition. ... Origin: Gr. Height. ... Source: Webst...
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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 water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclose...
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[
n] - an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation
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noun an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation
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any of several tools or instruments designed to measure the height of trees. The clinometer is such a tool.
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thermobarometer (def. 1).
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Any device used for measuring tree height.
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