hypsometer

English

Etymology

From hypso- +‎ -meter.

Noun

hypsometer (plural hypsometers)

1. An instrument that measures altitude indirectly by measuring the boiling point of water (which varies with atmospheric pressure).

Related terms

• hypsometric
• hypsometry

Translations

instrument

• Catalan: hipsòmetre m
• Esperanto: bolpunkta altmezurilo, hipsometro
• Finnish: hypsometri
• Galician: hipsómetro m
• Italian: ipsometro m
• Malay: hipsometer
• Portuguese: hipsómetro m
• Spanish: hipsómetro m
• Swedish: hypsometer c
• Turkish: hipsometre

Anagrams

• merophytes, phytomeres