"altimetre" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: altimetres [plural]
Etymology: From Latin altus (“high”) + -metre. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|altus||high}} Latin altus (“high”), {{suffix|en||metre}} + -metre Head templates: {{en-noun}} altimetre (plural altimetres)
  1. (nonstandard and now largely obsolete) Alternative form of altimeter Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: altimeter

Inflected forms

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