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Definition of Hypsometric
1. a. Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
Definition of Hypsometric
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to hypsometry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypsometric
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypsometric
Literary usage of Hypsometric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... the so-called barometric or hypsometric formula where a is the density and g
the apparent gravity for each layer of air whose vertical thickness is dh. ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"Grouped by their characteristic agencies, they fall mainly into three classes: (1)
those which appeal to elevation, the hypsometric hypotheses; ..."
3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"Grouped by their characteristic agencies, they fall mainly into three classes: (1)
those which appeal to elevation, the hypsometric hypotheses; ..."
4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"hypsometric Hypotheses. The hypothesis of elevation.5—From the fact that alpine
glacia- tion is a function of elevation, it was natural that one of the ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1863)
"V. " Bessel's hypsometric Tables, as corrected by Plantamour, reduced to English
Measures and recalculated." By ALEXANDER J. ELLIS, Esq. Communicated by Dr. ..."
6. A College Text-book of Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1909)
"hypsometric Hypotheses The hypothesis of elevation.1 Since the best-known glaciers
are in mountains, the suggestion was natural that elevation of the ..."
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