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Definition of Hypsometer
1. Noun. An altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation.
Definition of Hypsometer
1. 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.
Definition of Hypsometer
1. Noun. An instrument that measures altitude indirectly by measuring the boiling point of water (which varies with atmospheric pressure). ¹
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Definition of Hypsometer
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Medical Definition of Hypsometer
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypsometer
Literary usage of Hypsometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text Book of Topographical and Geographical Surveying by Charles Frederick Arden-Close (1905)
""Absolute'' determinations with a barometer will give large errors similar to
those resulting from the use of the hypsometer. (v.) hypsometer heights depend ..."
2. Forest Mensuration by Herman Haupt Chapman (1921)
"The Christen hypsometer introduces a different principle but has no special merit
except the simplicity of ... Winkler hypsometer. when it is not in use. ..."
3. Meteorology, Practical and Applied by Sir John William Moore (1894)
"The principle of the hypsometer (Gk. {J^-os, height; ... hypsometer (Fig. 31),
a strong, small-bulbed thermometer, divided and figured on the stem, ..."
4. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1903)
"A NEW hypsometer. The hypsometer about to be described was invented during ...
This important fact renders this hypsometer peculiarly suitable for work in ..."
5. A Manual of Exercises in Forest Mensuration by Hugo Winkenwerder, Elias Treat Clark (1915)
"Check each estimate with the hypsometer found to be the best. D. References. ...
EXPLANATION: To illustrate a method of constructing a hypsometer. ..."
6. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"In an hypsometer, advantage is taken of the fact that the boiling point of water
is lowered when the atmospheric pressure is reduced, to effect the ..."
7. The Indian Forester (1882)
"I., page 208, of the INDIAN FORESTER " GF" asked for an enlightenment of the
subject of " Fleischmann's hypsometer," which was given by ..."
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