"altimetry" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: altimetries [plural]
Etymology: alti(tude) + -metry Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|altitude|metry|alt1=alti(tude)}} alti(tude) + -metry Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} altimetry (countable and uncountable, plural altimetries)
  1. The science of measuring altitude. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sciences Derived forms: paleoaltimetry Translations (the science of measuring altitude): altmezurado (Esperanto), altometrio (Esperanto), altimetria (Finnish), altimétrie [feminine] (French), altimetria (Hungarian), airdemhéadracht [feminine] (Irish), altimetria [feminine] (Italian), altimetria [feminine] (Portuguese)

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