altometer

English

Etymology

From Latin altus (“high”) +‎ -meter.

Noun

altometer (plural altometers)

1. A theodolite.

References

• Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Altometer”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
• “altometer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.