altimeter

See also: Altimeter

English[edit]

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

altimeter (plural altimeters)

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.

an apparatus for measuring altitude

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
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)

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

Declension of altimeter