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altimetry en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English alti(tude) Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English altimetry From alti(tude) + -metry.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The science of measuring altitude.
   • The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the descent below Minimum Descent Altitude during a nonprecision approach under adverse operating conditions, without visual contact with the runway environment. The Board has been unable to determine the reason for this descent, although the two most likely explanations are (a) improper use of cockpit instrumentation data, or (b) an altimetry system error. 1972 April 14, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.2b Probable Cause”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Southern Airways, Inc. DC-9, N97S, Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia, November 14, 1970, archived from the original on 08 May 2022, page 36:

Forms

Deriveds

paleoaltimetry

Translations (10)

eo altmezurado (the science of measuring altitude) · fr altimétrie (the science of measuring altitude) · it altimetria (the science of measuring altitude) · fi altimetria (the science of measuring altitude) · ca altimetria (the science of measuring altitude) · ga airdemhéadracht (the science of measuring altitude) · pt altimetria (the science of measuring altitude) · hu altimetria (the science of measuring altitude) · eo altometrio (the science of measuring altitude) · el αλτιμετρία (the science of measuring altitude)