altimeter

See also: Altimeter

English

Alternative forms

• altimetre (nonstandard)

Etymology

Coined based on Latin altus (“high”) +‎ -meter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: əltĭmētər
• (US) IPA^(key): /ælˈtɪm.ɪ.tɚ/, enPR: əltəmētər

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Noun

altimeter (plural altimeters)

1. An apparatus for measuring altitude.
   • 2000, Paul E. Illman, The Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 128:

     For that reason, if you do any mountain climbing, allow a generous margin of error of extra altitude—not only for possible altimeter error, but also for downdrafts that are particularly prevalent if high winds are encountered.

Derived terms

• absolute altimeter
• altimetric
• altimetry
• pressure altimeter
• radio altimeter

 

Translations

an apparatus for measuring altitude

• Armenian: բարձրաչափ (hy) (barjračʻapʻ)
• Asturian: altímetru m
• Azerbaijani: altimetr
• Catalan: altímetre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 测高仪

• Czech: výškoměr m
• Danish: højdemåler (da) c, altimeter (da) n
• Dutch: hoogtemeter (nl) m
• Esperanto: altmezurilo, altometro
• Faroese: hæddarmátari m
• Finnish: korkeusmittari (fi)
• French: altimètre (fr) m
• Galician: altímetro m
• Georgian: ალტიმეტრი (alṭimeṭri)
• German: Höhenmesser (de) m, Altimeter (de) n
• Greek: υψόμετρο (el) n (ypsómetro)
• Hungarian: altiméter
• Icelandic: hæðarmælir (is) m
• Interlingua: altimetro
• Irish: airdemhéadar m
• Italian: altimetro (it) m
• Japanese: 高度計 (kōdokei)
• Korean: 고도계 (ko) (godogye)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bilindayîpîv (ku)

• Malay: jangka tinggi, altimeter
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: høydemåler m, altimeter

  Nynorsk: høgdemålar m, altimeter

• Persian: ارتفاع‌سنج (ertefâ'-sanj), بلنداسنج (bolandâsanj), فرازیاب (fa) (farâzyâb)
• Portuguese: altímetro (pt) m
• Russian: альтиме́тр (ru) m (alʹtimétr), высотоме́р (ru) m (vysotomér)
• Serbo-Croatian: vȉsinomjēr (sh) m, àltimetar (sh) m
• Spanish: altímetro (es) m
• Swedish: höjdmätare c, altimeter (sv) c
• Turkish: yükseklikölçer (tr), altimetre (tr)

Anagrams

• altimetre

Danish

Noun

altimeter n (singular definite altimeteret or altimetret, plural indefinite altimetre)

1. altimeter

   Synonym: højdemåler

Declension

Declension of altimeter

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	altimeter	altimeteret altimetret	altimetre	altimeterene
genitive	altimeters	altimeterets altimetrets	altimetres	altimeterenes

Further reading

• “altimeter” in Den Danske Ordbog